The Beastie Boys filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Chili ’s restaurant chain of mountains , Brinker International , in Union courtyard on Wednesday over unauthorized utilization of the medicine group ’s hit song “ Sabotage , ” from 1994 , harmonize to a report fromReuters . The ring alleges Chili ’s used the Sung dynasty on social media platforms jump around November 2022 and created videos breathe in by the song ’s implausibly pop 1990s euphony video .
The lawsuit , a copy of which was obtained by Reuters andpublished online , delineate how the Chili ’s social medium TV featured three characters wear out 70s - style wigs , phoney mustaches , and sunglasses “ who were intended to provoke the three appendage of Beastie Boys ” while they were render robbing ingredients from a Chili ’s . The scenery include fake opening credits , “ in ways evidently similar to and intended to call down in the mind ” the classic euphony video recording for “ Sabotage , ” according to the suit .
The medicine video for “ Sabotage , ” directed by Spike Jonze , was one of themost pop videosof the 1990s .
Mike D (Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch) and Ad-Rock (Adam Horowitz) of the Beastie Boys, group portrait, London, 1993.© Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images
The Beastie Boys have never licensed their Sung dynasty for commercial advertising and the late member Adam “ MCA ” Yauch , who died in 2012 from cancer , even explicitly stated in his will that the chemical group ’s call should n’t be used in any ads , according to the courtship . And the group argues that the populace was “ confused into believe that plaintiff shop at , endorsed and are associated with ” the Chili ’s brand thanks to the societal medium video . It ’s not clear where the videos were posted , a fact not mentioned in the case .
The case is seeking $ 150,000 in monetary amends for each copyright irreverence , as well as attorney ’s fee and three time the net profit institute in by Chili ’s from the habit of the song .
Attorneys for the Beastie Boys did n’t straight off respond to doubt emailed on Thursday . Gizmodo also reached out for comment from Brinker International , the owner of Chili ’s , and we ’ll update this post if we hear back .
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