Eminem Publisher Files Suit Vs. Facebook, Wieden & Kennedy Over Music In Home Ad
Did Facebook’s ad agency, Wieden & Kennedy, lose itself in the music of hip-hop star Eminem while creating “Airplane,” a commercial for Facebook’s recently introduced Home overlay for Android? 8 Mile Style, Eminem’s song publisher, filed suit in federal court in Detroit against the social network and the agency, alleging that the ad used music from the rapper’s 2000 song, “Under the Influence.”
Did Facebook’s ad agency, Wieden & Kennedy, lose itself in the music of hip-hop star Eminem while creating “Airplane,” a commercial for Facebook’s recently introduced Home overlay for Android? 8 Mile Style, Eminem’s song publisher, filed suit in federal court in Detroit against the social network and the agency, alleging that the ad used music from the rapper’s 2000 song, “Under the Influence.”
The Detroit Free Press reported on the lawsuit, saying that the music was used when Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Home in April, and subsequent versions of Airplane uploaded to YouTube and airing on television used different music.
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