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Eminem Files Lawsuit Against Ring-Tone Companies
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 Eminem isn't too happy about ring-tone companies and the likes using his material for profit without obtaining the proper licenses.
Attorneys representing the rapper's publishing companies, Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit in an attempt to stop five companies from selling Eminem ring tones on the Internet, according to The Associated Press. Cellus USA, FanMobile, Nextones.com, MyPhoneFiles and MatrixM are named in the suit.
"This is a big business," said attorney Howard Hertz, a representative for the plaintiffs. "We're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars a year."
According to a Jupiter Research report published earlier this year, ring-tone revenue has recently exploded, more then doubling to $217 million in 2004, and is expected to more than tripple by 2009.
Two days after Eminem canceled his European tour, his spokesperson confirmed that Eminem had checked into a drug-rehabilitation facility to treat a "dependency on sleep medication". There has been no updates as to whether Eminem's condition has improved or if he has even been released from the rehab-facility. |
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