U.S. rapper Eminem wins copyright case against NZ political ads
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay more than $400 000 to  U.S. rapper Eminem  for using music similar to his 2002 hit "Lose Yourself" in a television commercial to help win a national election.
The track  played during the National Party's successful 2014 election campaign and titled "Eminem Esque"  was found by a New Zealand court to have "substantially copied" Lose Yourself.
"This decision is a warning to sound-alike music producers and their clients everywhere " Adam Simpson  director of Simpsons Solicitors  who acted for  Eminem âs music company  Eight Mile Style  said in a statement.
"It was no coincidence that the works sounded the same and the undeniable inference to be drawn from the evidence is that the composer of Eminem Esque had 'Lose Yourself' in front of him at the time of composition " the court added.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay more than $400 000 to  U.S. rapper  [TGT]   for using music similar to his 2002 hit "Lose Yourself" in a television commercial to help win a national election.
The track  played during the National Party's successful 2014 election campaign and titled " [TGT]  Esque"  was found by a New Zealand court to have "substantially copied" Lose Yourself.
"This decision is a warning to sound-alike music producers and their clients everywhere " Adam Simpson  director of Simpsons Solicitors  who acted for   [TGT]  âs music company  Eight Mile Style  said in a statement.
"It was no coincidence that the works sounded the same and the undeniable inference to be drawn from the evidence is that the composer of  [TGT]  Esque had 'Lose Yourself' in front of him at the time of composition " the court added.