Eight Mile Style filed the copyright suit against the New Zealand National Party in New Zealand in September of 2014. To give you an idea of how slow the court process can be, it took three years for a decision to be reached, despite the infringing song in question being titled “Eminem Esque.” The court determined that that title was in fact accurate, to the point of liability: In any case, Eight Mile Style’s victory is going to be at least partially shared by those displaced or otherwise affected by recent hurricanes – no word yet on whether the label will heed Eminem’s encouragement to donate the remainder of the award as well.
