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Listen to this new track and wait for Mariah Carey to sue Eminem for public disclosure of private facts and defamation.

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As you know, Popsquire loves a good feud.  And, so does Eminem!  In his new video for We Made You, Eminem mocks pop culture stars such as Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, John Mayer, Amy Winehouse, and more.

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Eminem may want Universal Music Group to Just Lose It.

The trial in a two-year-old lawsuit involving Eminem and Universal is set to begin today in California.  Like all lawsuits, this is about money.  Plaintiffs F.B.T. Productions and Em2M, LLC, which are comprised of people and entities that discovered Eminem, claim that Universal has not paid approximately $1.3 million for songs sold by third party distributors such as iTunes, Spring, and Nextel.

The key question is whether the use of Eminem’s music in a download deal is considered a licensing agreement or a distribution deal under a 1998 agreement.  If it’s a licensing arrangement, then the plaintiffs split royalties 50-50 with Universal, while a distribution deal pays much less.

No matter how this trial turns out, it can serve as another example about how technology can impact the legal negotiations.  Similar to the issues raised by disputes among the WGA, SAG, and Hollywood studios over residuals for internet and DVD sales of movies and television shows, it’s challenging to define terms that are evolving and quantify sales/profits/residuals related to those terms.

The solution: everyone should have a lawyer and a psyshic.

Eminem is facing a lawsuit for allegedly punching a man at Detroit’s Eight Mile strip club approximately two years ago. According to the Detroit News, the complaint, which was filed just before the holiday weekend, details the event as follows:

1. Miad Jarbou, the plaintiff, claims his friend said the following as Eminem entered the men’s restroom: “Hey Eminem, what’s up man?”
2. Eminem’s bodyguard standing near the door told him to “Shut the (expletive) up, man! Don’t say another word.”
3. Jarbou then responded: “Hey, man, my friend ain’t starting trouble. It’s just cool to see Eminem.”
4. Eminem stepped back from a urinal and “without warning or provocation … drove his fist in a violent punching manner” into Jarbou’s face, knocking him to the ground.
5. Eminem and his bodyguard then left the men’s room.

The plaintiff is seeking at least $25,000 for “physical pain and suffering, emotional distress, ongoing serious injuries requiring medical treatment” and “embarrassment, humiliation, medical expenses, wage loss and other economic and non-economic” damages.

Popsquire’s Pop Quiz: Why can this guy wait two years after an incident to sue?