Eminem sues Facebook
Eminem's music publisher launched a lawsuit against Facebook and its advertising agency on Monday, claiming that the social-media site used the rapper's music for an ad without first obtaining permission.
The publisher filed documents accusing Facebook of copying music from Marshall Mathers' 2000 song "Under the Influence" for an online advertisement that broadcast in early April. The lawsuit follows in the footsteps of successful collaborations between Eight Mile Style and Widen + Kennedy, the latter of whom was responsible for Eminem's 2011 Super Bowl advertisement for Chrysler in which "Lose Yourself" was used.
