Eminem sues Apple
By Tony Smith
Posted: 24/02/2004 at 16:07 GMT

Eminem's publishing company claims Apple used one of his songs in a TV ad without the hip-hop star's "yo!"

The Mac maker now faces a copyright infringement lawsuit, don'cha know.

Eminem's publisher, Eight Mile Style, filed the suit this past Friday.

Also named are MTV and Apple's ad agency, TBWA Chiat Day.

The song in question, "Lose Yourself", was rapped out by a ten-year-old in an iTunes Music Store commercial shown on MTV last summer.

Read the rest or the rap here yo!

I don't recall seeing a Lose Yourself spot, but I did see one last summer where a kid was rapping The Real Slim Shady.

Maybe Apple can toss this one aside on a technicality (technically, the plaintiff cannot name the song actually used in the spot). Or maybe the reporter for The Register screwed up. I'll have to look into that.