Eminem is in line for a nice payout from a political party in New Zealand, after they used a song very similar to 'Lose Yourself' in campaign adverts.
A High Court judge in the country ruled that the conservative National Party breached copyright by using a track that copied elements of 'Lose Yourself' . The sing (named 'Eminem Esque', which we're guessing didn't help the National Party's case) appeared in a TV advert that was run 186 times in the party's 2014 election campaign.
Judge Helen Cull ordered that the party must pay Eminem's publisher 600,000 New Zealand dollars (about £315,000) plus interest (via The AP).
Eminem's lawyer Adam Simpson, who was acting for his publisher Eight Mile Style, said after the ruling: "We think it's a very strong judgment, and a cautionary tale for people who make or use sound-alikes around the world.
"We hope that we see more original music in advertising as a result, and that writers get properly acknowledged and rewarded for their hard work."
The court case saw Eminem's collaborator Jeff Bass flying to New Zealand from Detroit to play the opening riff of 'Lose Yourself' to the judge and lawyers; Eminem himself wasn't required to attend.
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President of the National Party, Peter Goodfellow, voiced his "disappointment" after the ruling, adding the party had bought the music from an Australia-based library which had in turn purchased it from a supplier in America.
Judge Cull is yet to decide on who will pay the huge legal costs of the case, which was first filed in 2014. She also didn't award any additional damages to Eminem because she found the party had only used the track after taking advice that it was able to, and hadn't acted recklessly.
Still, even if £315,000 isn't an amount for a multimillionaire rapper to lose himself over, it's not bad.
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