US EditionEminem's former studio engineer charged with stealing unreleased music
- A former sound engineer at Eminem's studio, Joseph Strange, has been charged with copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods for allegedly stealing and distributing over 25 unreleased Eminem songs online.
- Strange is accused of selling the stolen songs to a group of fans organized by someone using the name 'Doja Rat' for around $50,000 in Bitcoin, and another group for $1,000.
- If convicted, Strange could face up to 15 years in prison, and an FBI search found handwritten Eminem lyrics, an unreleased video, and over 12,000 audio files at his home.
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The rapper Eminem has sued a former worker for stealing and selling more than 25 of his songs.So the former employee will face a federal lawsuit, after Eminem filed his complaint at the East District Attorney's Office in Michigan, United States.Eminem's 52-year-old lawsuit, which arose after Effigy and Michigan studio detected rapper music smuggling.This is how ex-worker stole and sold more than 25 Eminem songsAccording to research, a former wor…
Former Eminem employee charged in theft of dozens of unreleased songs
A former Eminem employee has been charged in the leak of a batch of unreleased material from the rapper. Joseph Strange, 46, was charged Wednesday with criminal copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods. The FBI said that several Eminem fans paid Strange $50,000 in Bitcoin for 25 unreleased Eminem songs in January, all recorded by the rapper (real name Marshall Mathers) between 1999 and 2018. The FBI discovered thousan…
Eminem's 46-year-old former employee, Joseph Strange, worked as an audio engineer during the years 2007-2021. Now, he is charged with federal charges for criminal copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen property for allegedly selling 25 songs for $50,000. The material that was published was about projects made between 1999 and 2018. It was thanks to the recording studio employees who realized that part of the music archive…
FBI: Ex-Engineer for Eminem Sold Unreleased Tracks
Employees at Eminem's music studio outside Detroit were surprised to discover unreleased tracks that he was still working on available for purchase on the internet, prosecutors say. So FBI agents tracked down several people who had bought them, NBC News reports, who pointed them to Joseph Strange. The 46-year-old, who...
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