Eminem's music publishers Eight Mile Style is suing Facebook for copyright infringement over a song it used in an advert.

Facebook claims in the lawsuit that Eminem's original song "Under the Influence" was a rip-off of a Michael Jackson single

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Comparisons may be odious but sometimes they are inevitable. Yesterday at Yarmouth the most scrutinised runner of the afternoon was the two-year-old debutant Noble Mission, simply because of his genes. And if the colt does eventually prove to be, like Sigerson Holmes, the younger smarter brother of the celebrity, then he will be some machine. For the first product of the mating between Galileo and Kind produced none other than unbeaten superstar Frankel.

Jackson brothers defend concert

Our tribute concert is not an insult to Michael's memory, say Jacksons

Brothers talk to Adam Sherwin about tonight's show – and the trial of Dr Conrad Murray

Frank DiLeo: Music industry executive and manager of Michael Jackson at the peak of his career

The fall from grace, constant allegations and sharp artistic decline that affected Michael Jackson's last two decades until his death in 2009 often overshadow how talented and groundbreaking he was before the self-aggrandising and his ascent to the throne of The King Of Pop. On Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad, the three multimillion-selling albums that defined him as a solo artist, he was superbly seconded by Quincy Jones, the producer extraordinaire. The other person who helped turn Jackson into a superstar was Frank DiLeo, his manager during five glory years between 1984 and 1989, and the closest the singer came to a father figure to banish the memory of his real-life father, Joe Jackson.

Kiss off Jackson tribute line-up

The rock band Kiss have been dropped from the line-up for a Michael Jackson tribute concert after it emerged the group's bassist had called the dead pop star a child abuser.

Video: Michael Jackson tribute gig confirmed

The Jackson family announce an MJ tribute concert will be held in Cardiff in October.

Michael Jackson's lawyers battle to save art

Michael Jackson's lawyers are battling to save his $900 million secret art collection.

Janet Jackson, Royal Albert Hall, London

A Jackson who's still a real thriller

Michael Jackson's kids got 'closure' from seeing body

Michael Jackson's children "never cried again" after viewing their father's body.

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Jermaine Jackson helped unveil three different statues of the King of Pop.

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The red jacket Michael Jackson wore in his Thriller video is going up for auction.

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