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Beastie Boys: Toy Company Removes “Girls” Ad, Writes Open Letter To Beastie Boys

submitted by Nick Nov 27th 2013 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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, from the Kickstarter-funded [...]

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Beastie Boys: Petition calls for 'Paul's Boutique' intersection to be named 'Beastie Boys Square'

submitted by Nick Dec 17th 2013 09:00 pm (www.nme.com)

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

submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2013 10:00 pm (www.nme.com)

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

submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2013 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)

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

submitted by Nick Nov 27th 2013 09:00 pm (www.nme.com)

GoldieBlox parodied the band's 1987 single 'Girls' in an advert for science toys    

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Beastie Boys: write open letter to the toy company suing them

submitted by Nick Nov 25th 2013 10:00 pm (www.nme.com)

'Don't get it twisted' writes Ad-Rock as he reveals that GoldieBlox are taking the band to court    