Beastie Boys send copyright threat to toy company that remixed "Girls"

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@billstreeter

When the Beastie Boys recorded Pauls Boutique sampling (repurposing a small part of a longer work to create a new work) was a legal gray area. This is not sampling and repurposing to create a new work. This is a wholesale copy with merely different lyrics.

Uhh, except for the fact that the ad didn’t sample the Beastie Boys whatsoever:

Girls - Beastie Boys

- YouTube