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NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — The Beastie Boys have filed a lawsuit in opposition to Brinker Worldwide, proprietor of the Chili’s restaurant chain, alleging that the corporate used the Beastie Boy’s 1994 track “Sabotage” in advertising materials with out permission.
Within the go well with, which was filed in federal courtroom in New York’s Southern District on Wednesday, the group alleged that Chili’s unlawfully used materials that included musical compositions and sound recordings in advertising materials on social media with out acquiring a license.
Moreover, the advertising materials was alleged to have included three people who have been “supposed to evoke the three members of Beastie Boys carried out scenes depicting them “robbing” substances from a Chili’s” restaurant” in a manner that was just like the unique “Sabotage” music video.
The Beastie Boys, by way of their lawsuit, alleged that using the Beastie Boys Marks, and unauthorized use of plaintiffs Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, and the late Adam Yauch voice and likeness falsely led followers to consider that the Beastie Boys endorsed Chili’s, constituting an alleged violation of the Lanham act.
By the go well with, the Beastie Boys and their partnership, Brooklyn Mud, are in search of a everlasting injunction in opposition to Chili’s from persevering with to make use of advertising materials that infringes on the band’s copyrights, together with statutory damages, attorneys charges, and 3 times the revenue realized from the advertising marketing campaign.
Brinker Worldwide didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.