Eminem 前雇员盗卖未发行音乐认罪：售出 10 多首音频文件获利约 5 万美元
美国司法部（DOJ）宣布，位于密歇根州奥克兰县 Holly 的 Joseph Strange 已在密歇根州东区联邦地区法院认罪。现年 48 岁的 Joseph Strange 曾受雇于艺人 Marshall Mathers（艺名 Eminem），他所认的罪名是刑事侵犯版权罪，与他复制、出售 Eminem 未发行音乐的行为有关。
法庭文件显示，Joseph Strange 在约 2007 年至 2021 年间受雇于 Marshall Mathers，在 Ferndale 的一间录音室工作，协助搭建和运行一台存储 Marshall Mathers 音乐的电脑系统，得以接触装有尚在创作中、未打算公开发行的音乐的密码保护硬盘。他在未经授权的情况下，从硬盘中复制了 10 首或更多处于不同创作阶段的音频文件，并在 2024 年 7 月至 8 月间通过互联网将其中 10 首或更多文件出售给买家，总计获利约 50,000 美元。Marshall Mathers 对此毫不知情，也从未授权。
被售出的音频文件最终在网上流出，并出现在多个公共流媒体平台上。据政府指控的事实，截至 2025 年 11 月，政府确认的侵权音频文件被访问超过 800 万次，被盗文件的侵权金额估计至少为 750,000 美元。此案源于 2025 年 1 月：Ferndale 录音室的员工发现 Marshall Mathers 尚未发行的音乐出现在网上后联系了联邦调查局（FBI），FBI 顺线找到多名买家，买家指认出售者正是 Joseph Strange；他随后于 2025 年被刑事起诉，罪名包括刑事侵犯版权和跨州运输赃物。
Joseph Strange 定于 2027 年 1 月 27 日判刑，所认罪名最高可判 5 年监禁，具体刑期将由联邦地区法官在考虑美国量刑指南等法定因素后决定。司法部刑事司助理总检察长 A. Tysen Duva 说：“Joseph Strange 滥用了信任职位，非法复制和出售属于 Eminem 的未发行音乐，从尚未获授权公开发行的作品中牟利。”密歇根州东区联邦检察官 Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. 说：“我们的共和国建立在财产权之上。我们将通过惩罚窃取美国人实物或知识产权的罪犯，来保护这一权利。”此案由 FBI 调查，司法部刑事司计算机犯罪与知识产权科高级律师 Vasantha Rao 与密歇根州东区助理联邦检察官 Timothy Wyse、Alyse Wu 负责起诉。（GSM 据美国司法部 10 月 22 日通报报道）
Former Eminem Employee Joseph Strange Pleads Guilty: Sold More Than 10 Unreleased Audio Files for About $50,000
Joseph Strange, 48, of Holly, in Oakland County, Michigan, has pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Strange, who was formerly employed by the artist and musician Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem, pleaded guilty to criminal infringement of a copyright, a charge related to his role in the reproduction and sale of unreleased music created by Eminem.
According to court documents, Strange was an employee of Mathers from approximately 2007 until 2021. He worked at a studio in Ferndale, Michigan, that Mathers used to create and develop music, helped set up and operate a computer system that stored music created by Mathers, and had access to password-protected hard drives containing music in the process of being developed that was not yet meant to be released to the public. Without authority, Strange copied 10 or more audio files of music and material in various stages of development from those drives. Between July and August 2024, he sold and transmitted 10 or more of the files to purchasers over the internet for a total of approximately $50,000, without Mathers's knowledge or authorization.
The files Strange sold were ultimately released online and made available on public streaming platforms. According to facts alleged by the government, as of November 2025 the infringing audio files identified by the government had been accessed more than eight million times, and the infringement amount of the stolen files is estimated to be at least $750,000. The case began in January 2025, when employees of Mathers's Ferndale studio contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after discovering unreleased music available on the internet; buyers identified by the FBI named Strange as the seller. He was charged in 2025 with criminal infringement of a copyright and interstate transportation of stolen goods.
Strange is scheduled to be sentenced on January 27, 2027, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison; a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. “Joseph Strange abused a position of trust to unlawfully copy and sell unreleased music belonging to Eminem, profiting from works that were not yet authorized for public distribution,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. “Our republic is built on the right to property,” said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. for the Eastern District of Michigan. “We will protect that right by punishing criminals who steal the physical or intellectual property of Americans.” The FBI is investigating the case, which is being prosecuted by Senior Counsel Vasantha Rao of the Criminal Division's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy Wyse and Alyse Wu for the Eastern District of Michigan. (GSM, based on a U.S. Department of Justice announcement of October 22)
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