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The Beastie Boys are threatening to take legal action over a video set to their 1986 song \u201cGirls.\u201d This video depicts children building a Rube Goldberg-type machine and replaces lyrics such as \u201cGirls \u2014 to do the dishes\/ Girls \u2014 to clean up my room\/\u201d with the less offensive \u201cGirls \u2013 to build the spaceship\/ Girls \u2014 to code the new app.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video\u2019s creator is claiming protection under the copyright doctrine of parody which is a form of fair use while attorney\u2019s for the Beastie Boys assert the video is a \u201cbig problem\u201d that has a \u201cvery significant impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Share your views on this David and Goliath type copyright battle below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Beastie Boys are threatening to take legal action over a video set to their 1986 song \u201cGirls.\u201d This video depicts children building a Rube Goldberg-type machine and replaces lyrics such as \u201cGirls \u2014 to do the dishes\/ Girls \u2014 to clean up my room\/\u201d with the less offensive \u201cGirls \u2013 to build the spaceship\/ Girls \u2014 to code the new app.\u201d The video\u2019s creator is claiming protection under the copyright doctrine of parody which is a form of fair use while attorney\u2019s for the Beastie Boys assert the video is a \u201cbig problem\u201d that has a \u201cvery significant impact.\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-copyright-law"],"yoast_head":"\nCopyright Law: FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT\u2026 - 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