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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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...
Eminem’s former sound engineer charged with selling the rapper’s unreleased music for Bitcoin
A former sound engineer for award-winning rapper Eminem—also known as Marshall Mathers—was charged on Wednesday with stealing the rapper’s unreleased music and selling it for Bitcoin, according to federal prosecutors. Joseph Strange, 46, allegedly sold 25 of Eminem’s unfinished songs to a Canadian man he met on the internet in exchange for $50,000 worth of Bitcoin, according to a criminal complaint filed in Michigan on Wednesday. Prosecutors al…
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