Feb 28, 2006 • 1 min read

Eminem should sue over Camp X-Ray play

Director Michael Winterbottom says Eminem's music was used to torment prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and that the artist could sue the US government for copyright infringement.

Talking of concentration camps, Michael Winterbottom, the director of the controversial new film about the US's Camp X-Ray set up at Guantanamo Bay, has revealed that the Americans frequently use Eminem's music to torment their prisoners.

Speaking ahead of the official launch of the film next week, Winterbottom said that music is often used against inmates at the infamous detention centre, adding: "Music by Eminem was apparently used most of the time."

The director also says that he reckons Eminem could sue the American government for copyright infringement for using his music without permission. He says that lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith, who is representing the four British Camp X-Ray inmates shown in the movie, has said: "Eminem would have good grounds for suing the government over abuse of his copyright".

Of course, given that half the international law on human rights doesn't seem to have much standing in Guantanamo Bay, I'm not sure you'd have much luck enforcing your copyright - though it might be fun to try.

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