A previous Eminem staff has been accused of leaking the rapper’s unconfirmed material.
Joseph Strange, 46, was charged with unlawful rights piracy and federal theft of merchandise on Wednesday. According to the FBI, several Eminem fans paid Strange$ 50, 000 in Bitcoin for 25 unreleased songs from the rapper’s ( real name Marshall Mathers ) studio albums from 1999 to 2018.
The FBI discovered thousands of songs that were kept on hard inspires in Strange’s Detroit home, as well as handwritten songs and an unpublished music videos. From 2007 to 2021, Odd worked there as an acoustic engineer at Eminem’s Image saving workshop.
In a statement to the media on Wednesday, acting U.S. Attorney Julie Beck said,” Protecting intellectual property from criminals is crucial in safeguarding the special rights of creators and protecting their original function from procreation and supply by individuals who seek to benefit from the creative production of others.”
Odd was one of only four people with access to the content’s password-protected exposure, according to the criminal complaint. Joseph Weird assisted in setting up and running the computer/hard drive structure that houses the songs created by Mathers, the article read. Just a select few people have access to the system because it is not connected to the internet.
The FBI claimed in the legal issue that Fred Nasser, a long-time supplier for Eminem and Dr. Dre, had found the hole when he posted on social media that his team was constantly looking for the whistleblowers. A fan got in touch with Nasser with records of conversations he had with a fan of” Doja Rat” who claimed to have purchased the lines from Odd.
The band’s official stated in an a  speech to the Detroit Free Press that” Eminem and his team are very appreciative of the work by the FBI Detroit ministry for its detailed analysis.
The statement continued,” The significant harm a trusted employee to Eminem’s artistic legacy and creative integrity cannot be overstated, let alone the enormous financial losses incurred by the numerous creators and collaborators that deserve protection for their decades of work.” We will continue to take whatever precautions are necessary to safeguard Eminem’s work and will do everything in our power.
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