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November 27, 2013 07:16 pm GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/BaAct86piyQ/
GoldieBlox Pulls Beastie Boys Song From Viral Ad
The Beastie Boys have taken away GoldieBlox's license to ill.
Bowing to legal pressure over the use of "Girls," a 1986 song from the rap trio, GoldieBlox changed the soundtrack in its viral ad to a purely instrumental tune. The original version of the video, meanwhile, has been marked private
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The move comes after the Beastie Boys' lawyer contacted GoldieBlox this week to discuss alleged copyright infringement. The startup responded by launching a preemptive strike in the form of a lawsuit asking a U.S. District Court in San Francisco to declare that it had the absolute right to produce a parody of the song. Read more...
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