:lulz: what
http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/11/25/beastie-boys-respond-to-goldieblox-lawsuit-with-open-letter/
Yeah I read about that the other day, :lulz:
Basic premise:
Beasties have a standing rule not to use their songs do advertising.
GoldieBlox makes an amazingly cool ad with young girls being awesome, to a song that reworks a beasties song. But it's still an ad.
GoldieBlox PRE-EMPTIVELY sues Beasties, so they can keep running the ad.
Beasties go, "WTF?"
Internet explodes.
You know, while I really like the intentions behind Goldiblox, I really dislike gendered toys. I was totally on their side, though, until they pulled this, because seriously, dick move. :lol:
Step 1. Steal music for ad
Step 2. When asked about it, sue
Step 3. Bankruptcy.
Seriously, if this is how they conduct business, they're not going to make it to next Christmas. It's kind of unfortunate, but at least their existence may have helped push the toy market a smidge in the right direction... though not as right as making a truly unisex construction toy would have.
I felt like the Beastie Boys' response was super classy.
Yup. Reframed it like a mofo, too.
If GoldieBlox asked Beasties for an exemption, or some sort of deal, they may have been totally cool with morphing one of their worst songs into something cool.
But they just went all jerk about it.
So wait... what exactly are GoldieBox suing the Beasties for?
Pre-emptive lawsuit, trying to prevent the Beasties from suing GoldieBlox for copyright infringement.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 27, 2013, 02:12:04 PM
Pre-emptive lawsuit, trying to prevent the Beasties from suing GoldieBlox for copyright infringement.
You can
do that??
Hells yes. This is AMERICA™. We can sue anyone for anything.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 27, 2013, 02:18:17 PM
Hells yes. This is AMERICA™. We can sue anyone for anything.
How I wish I was one of you.
Quote from: Rex Bologna on November 27, 2013, 02:05:47 PM
So wait... what exactly are GoldieBox suing the Beasties for?
The legal brief gives the cause as "we are suing them because of reasons".
Wow, what a fucking shitneck thing to do.
What really sucks is that the ad was kind of cool.
Beastie Boys known to let the lawsuit...
DROP
Why do people have to be shitnecks all over the place? :(
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 27, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
Why do people have to be shitnecks all over the place? :(
For comedy.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 27, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
Why do people have to be shitnecks all over the place? :(
Bolded important part of question, wherein lies the answer.
Quote from: Payne on November 27, 2013, 06:14:15 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on November 27, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
Why do people have to be shitnecks all over the place? :(
Bolded important part of question, wherein lies the answer.
Our Messiah is a wise Messiah.
The truth makes me a sad panda.
People also have the capacity to NOT be shitnecks. The question for me is, how do we encourage them to tap into this not-being-a-shitneck power?
Quote from: Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies on November 27, 2013, 06:32:39 PM
People also have the capacity to NOT be shitnecks. The question for me is, how do we encourage them to tap into this not-being-a-shitneck power?
I think this is the question that most large scale (City State-wide and up) systematic ideologies have been attempting to address since the very dawn of civilisation.
Most of it comes down to a mix of Carrot and Stick with a bit of woo. It has of course been tremendously successful.
Quote from: Rex Bologna on November 27, 2013, 02:20:55 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 27, 2013, 02:18:17 PM
Hells yes. This is AMERICA™. We can sue anyone for anything.
How I wish I was one of you.
You need a fuckload of money to get any benefit out of AMERICA
TM. It wouldn't work for us.
Fuck Goldieblox. It's an AD, not a parody.
Dickweeds pretending to be good guys by "empowering girls" (for money, of course) are the same as dickweeds pretending to be good guys by "preaching God's word".
This is just a variation of IT'S FOR TEH CHILLERIN.
Go Beasties.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 27, 2013, 03:27:06 PM
Beastie Boys known to let the lawsuit...
DROP
If that happens, fuck them too.
Can this set a precedent for politicians to use songs by people who hate them? Like when Reagan used
Born in the USA and Sarah Palin used
Barracuda?
Nope. In those cases, it's perfectly legal to use, so long as they pay ASCAP/BMI.
:ffs:
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on November 27, 2013, 09:08:46 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 27, 2013, 03:27:06 PM
Beastie Boys known to let the lawsuit...
DROP
If that happens, fuck them too.
Can this set a precedent for politicians to use songs by people who hate them? Like when Reagan used Born in the USA and Sarah Palin used Barracuda?
Fuck them for what? So far the only thing they've done is write two letters to Goldiblox, the first one saying "So hey, what's up with you using our song?" and the second one saying "Are you seriously suing us for asking what's up with you using our song?"
Quote from: Payne on November 27, 2013, 06:39:13 PM
Quote from: Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies on November 27, 2013, 06:32:39 PM
People also have the capacity to NOT be shitnecks. The question for me is, how do we encourage them to tap into this not-being-a-shitneck power?
I think this is the question that most large scale (City State-wide and up) systematic ideologies have been attempting to address since the very dawn of civilisation.
Most of it comes down to a mix of Carrot and Stick with a bit of woo. It has of course been tremendously successful.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies on November 27, 2013, 11:38:34 PM
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on November 27, 2013, 09:08:46 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on November 27, 2013, 03:27:06 PM
Beastie Boys known to let the lawsuit...
DROP
If that happens, fuck them too.
Can this set a precedent for politicians to use songs by people who hate them? Like when Reagan used Born in the USA and Sarah Palin used Barracuda?
Fuck them for what? So far the only thing they've done is write two letters to Goldiblox, the first one saying "So hey, what's up with you using our song?" and the second one saying "Are you seriously suing us for asking what's up with you using our song?"
Dropping the lawsuit they haven't made yet.