The Beastie Boys Take Monster to Court Over Ill License
The Beastie Boys Take Monster to Court Over Ill License
http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyM...onster.jpg.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...013aed8d66.jpghttp://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...3b7fd07c38.jpg The surviving Beastie Boys are fighting for their right to get paid this week. Adam "Ad Rock" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond, appeared in a New York court to demand more than $2 million from Monster Energy drink, which had used the Beastie Boys songs "Sabotage," "Make Some **ise" and "So What'cha Want" as the soundtrack for a video commemorating an annual s**wboarding contest, Ruckus in the Rockies. The video was posted on YouTube. While Monster ack**wledges that it used the material without permission, the surviving members of the group — the third, Adam "MCA" Yauch, died in 2012 — claim that the $125,000 that the company is offering is way too low. Yauch's will had stipulated that his name, music, image or "any artistic property created by me" should **t be used for advertising. The $2 million in damages covers $1 million for use of the songs and a**ther $1 million for an "implied endorsement." Read more... More about Advertising, Marketing, Beastie Boys, and Businesshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/yaF12K_WEhM |
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