Court Ruling Will Give Millions in Royalties to Eminem, Other Artists

Freep.com reports Eminem probably thought he’d be waking up this morning to focus entirely on his concert tonight at Comerica Park.

Instead he got a bit of unexpected news from a federal appeals court in California: some major money could be headed his way.

The decision, which one Eminem attorney calls an “earthquake” for the music industry, could transform the online song business and boost the fortunes of untold numbers of artists.

Reversing a lower-court jury decision from last year, the court ruled that Eminem and his production company are entitled to nearly triple the royalties they’ve been receiving for track sales and ringtones on online services such as iTunes.