Eminem’s “Battle” with iTunes.

Apple Inc. and Eight Mile Style, have settled a lawsuit over the rights to downloading many of Eminem’s songs through iTunes.

Eminem’s music publisher claimed that their contract with Aftermath Records did not permit the record label to be downloaded on iTunes.

Eight Mile was seeking millions of dollars, claiming copyright violations on 93 songs, including “Lose Yourself.”

Eight Mile attorney, Richard Busch, stated that: “The case was settled to the satisfaction of all parties.” He also said terms of the deal are confidential information.

The agreement was reached on the night of Thursday, October 1st, five days after the trial began in Detroit.

Mathers, (Eminem) wasn’t a witness, nor did he testify.

According to the lawsuit, $4 million dollars were collected off Eminem songs on iTunes, and was giving to Aftermath.

It was stated at the trial, that Eminem’s music publisher, received royalties off the songs, but just wanted more money.

Joel Martin, Eight Mile manager, said that the music publisher wanted a separate contract with Apple, so they could keep a close on how and when the songs are sold.

iPhone SUCKS?!?!?!

I found this article on the internet, and wow, ATT&T and Apple are facing anoither lawsuit. This is all because the f-cking iPhone 3GS is the 3rd f-cking iPhone out, and still doesn’t take well to MMS messages. Any other phone on the d-mn market take MMS messages. My grandpas fricking pre-historic phone accepts MMS. I’ve promised myself I will NOT buy a flippin’ iPhone until I can receive multimedia messages with ease! C’mon Apple, get with the program! One of the main features of the 3GS was its voice command! Phones have had that for the past half a decade! You finally realized, “Maybe we should add a video recorder to the new iPhones.” “NO F-CKING SH-T STEVE! We should have f-cking added that to the first iPhone” replied a fellow Apple worker. I love Apple! I love Macs! The best computers ever invented! But the iPhone? Meh. C’mon Stevie, you’re a smart man, you should know that it’s not the 90′s anymore, people need there MMS!

When I heard about the 3GS, I thought, “Hmm, maybe I’ll get this iPhone, I mean they’ve finally added a video recorder and all that ‘fancy’ sh-t, maybe It will be worth buying.” Now, I’m pretty happy I decided to wait to buy my precious iPhone. Hopefully, the iPhone 3GSS (3G Super-speed) will have all the features that every cellular has had since 2000.

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Crazy Football Match

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West Ham fans invaded the pitch during the match (footage courtesy of Sky Sports)

Investigations have begun into “large-scale trouble” at West Ham’s Upton Park ground during a match against Millwall.

One man is in a stable condition after being stabbed in the chest and two others were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.

Fights broke out near the east London stadium well before the match kicked off on Tuesday night and were still raging five hours later.

The Metropolitan Police said 10 arrests were thought to have been made.

About 200 riot police and at least 20 mounted officers were at the scene, many of whom were pelted with missiles but none were injured, the spokeswoman said.

CCTV footage

She added that officers were scanning video to identify hooligans, and that investigations were under way.

“We will be reviewing all the events, looking at CCTV footage both inside and outside the ground to identify offences and offenders,” she said.

Police said a 44-year-old man was in a stable condition in hospital after being stabbed mid-evening in nearby Priory Road.

Another man was found in Rancliffe Road with head injuries and another said he had been assaulted at a pub in Green Street.

There was trouble within the ground during the Carling Cup match after West Ham fans invaded the pitch on three occasions.

It was the first time the rival London sides had met since April 2005 and West Ham won the game 3-1 after extra time.

By 2300 BST several hundred West Ham fans had congregated outside the stadium where they chanted and bombarded police with beer cans and bottles.

One pub reportedly had its windows broken by bricks during running battles across several streets up to half-a-mile from the stadium.

Eyewitnesses also told of hooligans trying to rip out bollards and lighting “small fires”.

A 29-year-old owner of a kebab shop said he closed his premises in nearby Green Street for two hours.

He said: “All hell broke loose – it was very frightening.

“There were West Ham fans on one side and Millwall on the other. They were being kept apart by the police.

“Bottles and bricks were being thrown from the back and some were hitting West Ham fans at the front.

“There were loads of people with bloodied faces.”

Police ‘outnumbered’

One resident, who watched from his window as the trouble flared, said hundreds of fans gathered on the corner and threw bricks and cans at rivals.

“Riot and mounted police arrived to disperse the fans but they were outnumbered,” he said.

Tony, a steward at the game, told BBC Radio 5 live they were powerless to stop the violence.

He said: “When you have 2,900 Millwall fans it is really intimidating.

“There is not a lot you can do – you have to hope the police presence can help you out.”

‘Really scared’

Harry Hallamn, 14, travelled to the game with his brother and parents from their home in Horsham, Sussex.

He said the Tube driver told passengers he was unable to stop at West Ham station due to “police investigations”.

Harry said: “I was really scared, especially for my mum and dad, as I knew the Millwall fans would be waiting for us at the stations.

“As we got off the Tube there was a large number of Millwall fans waiting on the platform trying to start fights but there was a large police presence.

“After the match we saw West Ham fans walking straight towards the away end of the stadium so people were looking for trouble.

“It was a disgrace to football.”

A Football Association spokesman said anyone found to have taken part in the violence would be banned from football for life.

He said: “We absolutely condemn the disorder.

“We will be working with all parties, the police and clubs, to establish the facts surrounding these events.”

Stand-Up Comic being SUED!?!?!

LOS ANGELES – “Take my mother-in-law – please,” isn’t a joke you’re likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes.

The mother-in-law is accusing Croonquist of spreading false, defamatory and racist lies with in-law jokes that have become a staple of her routine in nightclubs and on television channels like Comedy Central.

To Croonquist, the in-law jokes seemed like a natural routine after living through one comical culture-clash moment after another: She is half-black, half-Swedish, grew up Roman Catholic and married into a Jewish family.

And she’s not shy about making the in-laws the butt of her jokes.

Take the one about her mother-in-law’s reaction to news she was pregnant with her first child: “OK, now that we know you’re having a little girl I want to know what you’re naming that little tchotchke. Now we don’t want a name that’s difficult to pronounce like Shaniqua. We’re thinking a name short but delicious. Like Hadassah or Goldie.”

Or her first visit to her mother-in-law’s house: “I walk in, I say, ‘Thank you so much for having me here, Ruthie.’ She says, ‘The pleasure’s all mine, have a seat.”‘ Then, in a loud aside, ‘Harriet, put my pocketbook away.’”"

Croonquist said there was a time when her in-laws would laugh with everyone else at the black-member-of-a-Jewish-family jokes.

“They played my tape at Passover one year, and they loved it!” she said.

But things changed after Croonquist, promoting upcoming gigs in New Jersey, posted information on her Web site that, according to her in-laws, allowed pretty much anyone to figure out the identities of her in-laws.

They sued in April in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, where they live. The action seeks unspecified damages and demands that Croonquist remove any offensive statements from her Web site, routines and recordings.

Croonquist says she would drop any language her family finds offensive, but refuses to pay any settlement. Her lawyer has filed a motion to have the suit dismissed, and a judge is scheduled to hear it on Sept. 8.

In the meantime, Croonquist, who lives in Beverly Hills and is a regular on the Hollywood comedy circuit, was at the Laugh Factory on open-mic night recently, eager to test some new non-mother-in-law material. This time the butt of her jokes would be herself, her lawyer husband (his firm is representing her in the lawsuit) and entertainer Jennifer Lopez.

“My father is Swedish, my mother is African-American. You know what that made me growing up?” she asks the audience. “A Puerto Rican! That works for me, honey. … After having two babies in two years, I look like J-Lo.”

Croonquist says it should be obvious to her in-laws of 15 years that she’s not anti-Jewish. She converted to Judaism before she met her husband and keeps a kosher house.

The lawsuit was filed by mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin, her daughter, Shelley Edelman, and Shelley’s husband, Neil. Neither Zafrin, the Edelmans nor their attorney, Lawrence H. Wertheim, returned calls for comment.

Croonquist is upset that the legal action has estranged her husband and their two daughters from his family, adding: “This could have broken up my marriage.”