As of today (November 29), the surviving members of the Beastie Boys have won their battle against toy company, GoldieBlox over the use of a parodied version of their Licensed To Ill record, “Girls.”
According to the New York Times, the San Francisco-based toy company has agreed to take down their video and drop their lawsuit against the Beastie Boys’ Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz if they choose not to pursue any legal action.
“Although we believe our parody video falls under fair use. We would like to respect his wishes and yours,” said GoldieBlox founder Debbie Sterling in an open letter. “Since actions speak louder than words, we have already removed the song from our video. In addition, we are ready to stop the lawsuit as long as this means we will no longer be under threat from your legal team.”
The GoldieBlox video, which features a group of girls putting their own spin on “Girls” by singing about science and engineering, garnered attention earlier in the week when both Diamond and Horovitz penned an open letter to those at GoldieBlox questioning the company over the use of “Girls.”
The duo gave credit to the company for a creative video and even expressed their support, but also pointed out that the video is an advertisement. Earlier in their career, the Beastie Boys chose not to use their music in product ads, a request that is also echoed in the will of the late Adam Yauch.
“We were very impressed by the creativity and the message behind your ad,” read the letter from Diamond and Horovitz. “We strongly support empowering young girls, breaking down gender stereotypes and igniting a passion for technology and engineering. As creative as it is, make no mistake, your video is an advertisement that is designed to sell a product, and long ago, we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and/or name to be used in product ads.”
The Beastie Boys have yet to issue a response to GoldieBlox and Sterling’s open letter.
This doesn’t serve as the first time the New York City-based group has had to confront a company over the use of their music in an advertisement. Last year, the Beastie Boys sued Monster Energy Corp. over the unlicensed use of “Sabotage,” “So Whatcha Want,” and “Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun.”
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Yeah, and he and Meek were just photographed together a few weeks back. The only one getting caught up in his feelings is…Drake. I know, it’s hard to believe that Drake got emotional.
They already have millions. Don’t be petty and greedy.
Isn’t about money, its about integrity, and not selling out
they dont let anyone use their music for ads. it has nothing to do with greed or money.
If it was about money or greed, that commercial would still be on.
fk this company. the way they write is so combative, the Beastie Boys should just sue them and win.
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Greedy? Did you read the reason why they didn’t want it in the ad? Not because they wanted royalties, because they didn’t want their music used to sell products. I don’t think they could be less greedy.
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– Sold drugs.
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– Beats up so called fans.
– Throws bitches out of his car while driving.
These are facts! Fuck the studiogangstas: Rick Ross, Mobb Deep, Nas, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, 2Pac, Big L etc.
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–Shall I go on?
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He was basically saying those are the ones he see’s as his competition; and that he was going to remain competitive with them for the top spot. If anything he dissed every other rapper he didn’t mention.
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“Not because they wanted royalties, because they didn’t want their music used to sell products”
That they weren’t seeing any profits from. I wish these rich assholes would just be honest instead of making it seem like the wishes of a dead guy are the reason they have fault with this.
I guess their integrity was absent when movie and television studies were using their songs.