{"id":7881,"date":"2025-09-19T07:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/instagram-facebook-slam-case-over-song-use\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:40:25","slug":"instagram-facebook-slam-case-over-song-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/instagram-facebook-slam-case-over-song-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram, Facebook Slam Case Over Song Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tM<\/span>eta says there\u2019s no basis for Eminem\u2019s music publisher to claim that \u201cLose Yourself\u201d and other iconic tracks were made available to billions of users without permission, urging a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit that seeks an \u201ceye-popping\u201d $110 million in damages. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tEight Mile Style, a publishing company that owns 243 Eminem compositions, filed suit in May against the juggernaut owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Eight Mile alleged that all three Meta platforms were hosting unlicensed versions of its songs in their music libraries, which allow users to easily add their favorite tracks to the photos and videos they post.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe publisher is seeking the maximum statutory damages of $150,000 per case of infringement, which, multiplied by 243 songs and three platforms, adds up to a whopping $109.4 million. But Meta said in a Thursday (Sept. 18) motion to dismiss the lawsuit that while Eight Mile\u2019s complaint \u201cis long on rhetoric, it is remarkably short on specifics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFanciful estimates are not a substitute for well-pleaded facts,\u201d wrote Meta\u2019s lawyers from the firm Mayer Brown. \u201cBelying their extravagant claims, Eight Mile never identifies a single example of an allegedly infringing post or story across any of the three Meta services at issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeta says that Eight Mile\u2019s failure to identify specific instances of alleged infringement should make the case dead on arrival, since the social media giant can\u2019t be expected to adequately defend itself against such generalized claims. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThursday\u2019s motion also claims that, beyond these defects in meeting the pleading standards, Eight Mile\u2019s lawsuit simply gets the facts wrong. Meta says it did, in fact, have permission to use Eminem\u2019s songs, per a broader licensing agreement signed in 2020 with Audiam, a digital rights collection agency that supposedly negotiated the deal on behalf of Eight Mile.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cFar from showing \u2018actual knowledge\u2019 of infringement, these allegations instead show that the Audiam licenses covered the compositions \u2014 or, at minimum, the parties\u2019 good-faith understanding that the licenses did,\u201d write the Meta attorneys.<\/p>\n

\n\tLawyers for Eight Mile Style did not immediately return requests for comment on the motion on Thursday. Eminem does not have any ownership interest in the publishing company and is not involved in the litigation.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeta\u2019s motion to dismiss argues that Eight Mile Style is \u201cnotoriously litigious,\u201d and indeed, the publisher is no stranger to copyright litigation. The company spent years suing Spotify for allegedly failing to obtain proper licenses for its songs, but a federal judge threw out the case in a sharply critical ruling last year. Eight Mile Style is now appealing that decision.<\/p>\n


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