Ex-Eminem Employee Pleads Guilty to Federal Copyright Law After Selling Unreleased Tracks
Joseph Strange admitted selling unreleased Eminem songs, and investigators said the tracks were played more than 8 million times online.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Joseph Strange, a former Eminem sound engineer, pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement in Detroit, admitting he stole and sold unreleased music files.
- While employed at the Ferndale studio from 2007 to 2021, Strange accessed password-protected hard drives containing unreleased material and sold copies to online purchasers including one known as "Doja Rat."
- Between July and August 2024, Strange sold at least 10 files for approximately $50,000; the stolen tracks were accessed more than nine million times with an estimated infringement value of $1 million.
- Sentencing is set for January 27, 2027, with Strange facing up to five years in prison after prosecutors agreed to drop a more serious interstate theft charge carrying a 10-year penalty.
- Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva stated Strange "abused a position of trust" profiting from creative content, while Eminem's spokesperson Dennis Dennehy said the theft caused "significant damage" to the artist's legacy.
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Eminem's former sound engineer Joseph Strange pleaded guilty to stealing and distributing the rapper's unreleased tracks, Variety reports
Eminem's former sound engineer Joseph Strange pleaded guilty to stealing and distributing the rapper's unreleased tracks, Variety reports. After a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice, he faces up to five years in prison.According to the...
Several unpublished Eminem songs appear on the Internet in 2024 and are accessed millions of times. Now the culprit is found. He threatens to be detained for several years.
Rapper Eminem sings during the Super Bowl Mike Segar/Reuters interval show A former Rapper Eminem official pleaded guilty in the United States Justice for illegally copying and selling unpublished songs from the artist. Joseph Strange, 48, worked for the musician between 2007 and 2021. According to the trial documents, he was working in a studio used by Eminem to develop new projects. Strange confessed guilt for the crime of copyright infringeme…
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