Beastie Boys are suing Brinker Worldwide, the mum or dad firm of Chili’s Grill & Bar, for copyright infringement and violating their trademark rights after the restaurant chain used their 1994 hit “Sabotage” and their likeness for a industrial parodying the long-lasting Spike Jonze–directed music video. In a criticism filed in a New York federal court docket on Wednesday (July 10), the rap group stated that Brinker used the In poor health Communication music to suggest falsely that Beastie Boys endorsed Chili’s.
Within the lawsuit, obtained by Pitchfork, Beastie Boys’ attorneys argue that Brinker “meant to evoke the three members of Beastie Boys” by that includes, within the industrial, “three characters sporting apparent 70s-style wigs, pretend mustaches, and sun shades.” The attorneys additionally make clear that the Beastie Boys “don’t license ‘Sabotage’ or any of their different mental property for third-party product promoting functions.”
Beastie Boys are asking the court docket for $150,000 in financial damages, for Brinker to take down the commercials, and for an order to forestall Brinker from utilizing their work shifting ahead. In the same matter, again in 2014, Beastie Boys received a $1.7 million jury verdict towards Monster Beverage Corp for utilizing their music with out permission.
