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Beastie Boys: Petition calls for 'Paul's Boutique' intersection to be named 'Beastie Boys Square'
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The hip-hop group's 1989 album cover was shot at the corner of Ludlow and Rivington Streets in Manhattan
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Beastie Boys: counter-sue toy company GoldieBlox over copyright claim
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The company used the song 'Girls' in an advert without asking the band's permission
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Beastie Boys: File Lawsuit Against Toy Company GoldieBlox
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Last month, the Kickstarter-funded toy company GoldieBlox made a clever online commercial that used a parody of the Beastie Boys’ 1986 lunkhead classic “Girls” to soundtrack an ad in which little girls build a massive Rube Goldberg device. The one problem: They didn’t get permission from the Beastie Boys, ...
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Beastie Boys: Toy company drop case against Beastie Boys
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GoldieBlox parodied the band's 1987 single 'Girls' in an advert for science toys
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Beastie Boys: Toy Company Removes “Girls” Ad, Writes Open Letter To Beastie Boys
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What counts as fair-use parody, and what counts as a simple advertisement? For the past few days, many of us have been arguing and wondering over those things, thanks to a viral toy commercial that put a feminist spin on the Beastie Boys’ ridiculously catchy 1986 lunkhead standard “Girls.” The YouTube commercial, fr...
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