December 11, 2013
Two weeks after toy company GoldieBlox Inc. offered to take down a promotional video featuring a Beastie Boys tune and drop its litigation in return for legal peace, the Beastie Boys answered in a big way Tuesday: lodging counterclaims for copyright and trademark infringement.
November 25, 2013
The Beastie Boys are fighting against the right of a small toymaker to use one of their songs in a girl-empowering parody advertisement, but copyright attorneys say the wildly popular video's critical message means it's probably legal fair use.
November 22, 2013
GoldieBlox Inc., a toy company that created a viral promotional video satirizing the message of the Beastie Boys' song "Girls," hit the band with a preemptive lawsuit in California federal court Thursday, seeking a judgment that the parody video makes fair use of the track.