The Beastie Boys’ lawsuit against Monster Energy Drink just got more extreme
In 2012, the Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Mike “Mike D” Diamond sued Monster Energy Drink for $2.5 million for using their songs in a promotional video without permission. At Monster’s annual “Ruckus In The Rockies” snowboarding competition, DJ Z-Trip put together a special Beastie Boys mix to commemorate the late Adam “MCA” Yauch, who had died just days before the competition. That mix later accompanied a promotional video and was made available for download as an mp3.