Eminem Producers Lose Bid for Massive iTunes Royalties
Ars Technica, March 10, 2009
By Nate Anderson
Music sold on download stores like iTunes can be treated just like CDs for royalty purposes, a jury has decided. Eminem's former production team had argued that it actually deserved four times more cash per sale from stores like iTunes than from CD sales.
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