Morning Update: Beastie Boys countersue GoldieBlox; Murdoch greeting cards available
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AdWeek: Beastie Boys Countersue GoldieBlox, Seeking Profits Earned Off Viral ‘Girls’ Ad
“The fair-use fight between Beastie Boys and GoldieBlox isn’t over.
The GoldieBlox saga is a classic case of a brand saying one thing, but doing another.
It’s fine to run a film that says you have values, but it’s not fine to run that film with a stolen music track – and then issuing a smartarse lawsuit against the people you stole it from. Idiots.
Incredibly poor form and I hope it bites them on the arse in multiple ways.
Who is GoldiBlox’s legal team? Hope the Beastie’s get some good coin from them, like they did with British Airways.