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The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court, comes three
months after the Beastie Boys obtained a $1.7 million verdict
against Monster over copyrights for the same music.
The latest lawsuit, filed by Capitol Records and Universal-Polygram
International Publishing, seeks at least $1.2 million for the
infringement of five Beastie Boys recordings and compositions.
Both lawsuits centered on an online video promoting an annual
snowboarding competition that Monster organizes and sponsors in
Canada called "Ruckus in the Rockies."
The video, which Monster had uploaded to YouTube, featured the
competition and an after-party attended by DJs, including
Z-Trip. It included a remix by Z-Trip of Beastie Boys songs.
It also concluded with a sentence saying "RIP MCA." Adam Yauch,
a Beastie Boys member who went by "MCA," died a day before the
May 2012 snowboarding event, after a battle with cancer.
A federal jury in June awarded the Beastie Boys $1.7 million for
copyright infringement and false endorsement. Monster has said
it would appeal, and is seeking a new trial.
Songs at issue in both cases include Beastie Boys tunes such as
"Sabotage," "So Watcha Want" and "Make Some Noise."
Representatives for Monster and the Beastie Boys had no
immediate comment. A spokesman for Universal Music, a subsidiary
of Vivendi SA, declined comment.
The case is Capitol Records LLC v. Monster Energy Company, U.S.
District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 14-cv-7718.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Richard
Chang)
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