Eminem’s Publishing Company Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta
June 4, 2025
Eminem‘s publishing company Eight Mile Style has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta. The suit filed in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division and reviewed by Rolling Stone alleges that the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp has distributed the rapper’s music across its platforms without proper licensing permissions.
“Despite their not being licensed, the recordings of the Eight Mile Compositions have been reproduced and synchronized with visual content on ’s platforms across millions of videos, which have been viewed billions of times,” the complaint claims. “Meta’s years-long and ongoing infringement of the Eight Mile Compositions is another case of a trillion (with a ‘T’) dollar company exploiting the creative efforts of musical artists for the obscene monetary benefit of its executives and shareholders without a license and without regard to the rights of the owners of the intellectual property.”
Eight Mile Style is the owner of 243 musical compositions, including “Lose Yourself,” “The Real Slim Shady,” “Forgot About Dre,” and other notable releases from Eminem. The suit acknowledges that Meta “has removed several of the Eight Mile Compositions from its Music Libraries in the preceding months,” including “Lose Yourself,” but states that a karaoke version, a piano instrumental, and one regular cover version by a different artist are still available. “This in addition to other prominent Eminem works which remain available on Meta’s services,” the company’s lawyers claim, citing “Till I Collapse.”
The suit alleges that Meta’s “rampant infringement” extends beyond allowing users to upload copyrighted audio to its platforms. “This case involves Meta’s knowing infringement of the Eight Mile Compositions by first reproducing and storing them in Meta’s online Music Libraries, and then distributing them for users to select and incorporate into their own photos and videos made available for public streaming on the users’ WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram accounts,” the complaint claims.
Search
RECENT PRESS RELEASES
Related Post