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Beastie Boys: Poised For Another Legal Win, This Time Over Paul’s Boutique Samples

submitted by Nick Jun 12th 2014 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Beastie Boys already prevailed in legal battles against GoldieBlox and Monster Energy this year, and now they seem likely to win a third. Before Adam Yauch died, the record label Tuf America sued Beastie Boys over the use of uncleared samples from Trouble Funk’s “Say What” and “Let’s Get Small” on the Beasties’ Dust-Brothers-produced 1989 [...]

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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: 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, fr...

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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    

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