Beastie Boys awarded $1.7M in Monster case

Posted online June 6, 2014 | 7:08 am

A New York City jury has awarded the Beastie Boys $1.7 million in a copyright violation case against beverage-maker Monster Energy.

Monster admitted it used Beatie Boys songs without permission in a video online for five weeks.

Rapper Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz told jurors the hip hop group would never license songs to endorse commercial products, according to the Associated Press.

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