Beastie Boys Awarded More Money From Monster Energy Drink

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Beastie Boys were awarded $1.7 million in their copyright lawsuit against Monster Energy Drink last year after the company used their music in a promotional video without permission. Earlier this year, the group sought $2.4 million from the company in order to cover legal fees. Billboard reports that the Beasties have now been awarded $668,000.

The Beasties’ lawyers wrote in a filing at the time, “Monster’s tactics significantly increased the costs for Beastie Boys to vindicate their intellectual property rights, such that, absent an award of attorney’s fees and costs, plaintiff’s success at trial would become a Pyrrhic victory.”