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Audi gets a bad rap on music

Eminem’s music publisher is losing it over Audi’s allegedly unauthorized use of the rapper’s Motor City hit “Lose Yourself” to tout its luxury sedans.

Eminem closely guards his music against commercial use but allowed Chrysler to use the 2002 song from the “8 Mile” movie soundtrack for its Super Bowl ad spot this year that carried the tagline “Imported From Detroit.”

Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s music publisher, said Germany’s Audi used the same tune without permission in a video on its Web site for the 2012 Avant. The publisher is seeking an injunction against the car company in Germany’s Hamburg Regional Court.

Joel Martin, principal of Eight Mile Style, told The Post, “No one has approached us for a license. I still can’t believe it. There is something strange about it. The Chrysler commercial is known all around the world and had 12 million [hits] on YouTube and for Audi or the agency to come up with this spot, I can’t figure it out.”