2. He Sued Universal For Royalties
This is rather remarkable, for a number of reasons. First of all, back when iTunes was barely becoming a thing, Universal Music Group had the practice of deducting artist’s iTunes royalties. And the reasoning behind this was these were the costs for packaging and breakage.
On downloads. Today this sounds beyond absurd, but back in those days this was all still new territory for most artists in the industry, so everyone went along with it. Until Eminem (the guy who isn’t on the friendliest of terms with technology) finally sued them. This way he pretty much became a hero in the music world, putting a stop to artists being cheated of their digital royalties.
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