HuffPo has an update:
Update: Nov. 24, 6:53 p.m. – A source familiar with the matter said the Beastie Boys have not made such a claim, adding that GoldieBlox has sued the band preemptively. We will update again once we receive more information.
Nov. 24, 10:28 p.m. – A representative for the Beastie Boys explained: “There was no complaint filed, no demand letter (no demand, for that matter) when [GoldieBlox] sued Beastie Boys.”
@doctorow, @beschizza, would be nice to see the post updated to include this new info. Thanks.
If this latest version of events is true, this could be a brilliant strategy by Goldieblox to use the controversy of a legal threat to fuel the virality of their video. Maybe not the tact I would take (treading on the greater fame of the beastie boys to get the attention of news outlets and others), but nonetheless successful.
