Author Topic: !!!! Eminem is sued !!! - peep (Read 149 times)

Vigilante · « **on:** April 11, 2002, 03:21:47 PM »

French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Eminem in New York on Thursday (March 28), claiming some of the music used in the latter's "Kill You" was lifted from his own work.

Loussier, who gained fame as the founding member of the Play Bach Trio in 1959, claims the backing track on "Kill You" is a little too similar to an instrumental jazz fusion work of his titled "Pulsion."

"The conduct of [Eminem] as alleged in this complaint was never authorized, licensed, permitted, or ratified by [Loussier]," alleges the suit, as quoted by the BBC.

Loussier named Eminem, Interscope Records, and the label's parent company, Vivendi Universal, in the suit and is seeking some $10 million in damages as well as a broadcast ban on the song. "Kill You" appears on Eminem's mega-successful 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP.

Loussier's Play Bach Trio sold over 6 million albums in its 15 years of existence. In the '70s, Loussier set up his own recording studio, where Pink Floyd recorded its 1979 double-album, The Wall. His latest works, Play Bach, No. 1 and Play Bach, No. 2, surfaced last year on Universal/Decca Records.

Big BpG · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2002, 03:34:59 PM »

OLD!

-Big BpG

Now_Im_Not_Banned · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2002, 03:42:50 PM »

why would eminem be sued if Dre made the beat?

.:R-E-L:. · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2002, 03:48:45 PM »

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OLD!

-Big BpG

as a muthafucka

Nosak · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2002, 04:08:52 PM »

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OLD!

-Big BpG

dawm.. like my grandmother

UPINSMOKETOUR · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2002, 10:48:11 PM »

this is old i put this shit up like in last week

4 KiN L · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2002, 05:06:23 PM »

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why would eminem be sued if Dre made the beat?

it don't matta who made the beat...it's the people thats puttin the out album and sellin it wit the sample on it thats brakin the copyrite law...but then the album is copyrite to aftermath so yeah dre could be in for it 2...