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A former employee of rapper Eminem pleaded guilty on Thursday ​to a criminal copyright infringement charge ‌for selling unreleased music from the rapper without permission, according to a filing in Michigan ​federal court.

Joseph Strange, 48, faces up ​to five years in prison for selling ⁠several unreleased Eminem songs in 2024 ​for around $50,000, the plea agreement, opens new tab said

The agreement said ​that the tracks were later leaked to the internet and streamed between eight and nine million times

Strange ​worked for Eminem, whose given name ​is Marshall Mathers, at a Ferndale, Michigan, music ‌studio ⁠from approximately 2007 to 2021

Strange’s conduct “undermined both legal and artistic rights,” Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva said in a statement

“Joe ​Strange is ​a ⁠good man whose children have suffered greatly in all of this,” ​Strange’s attorney Wade Fink said ​in ⁠a statement. “It is a far more complicated and nuanced matter than a man just ⁠unabashedly ​stealing.”

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