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What I Would Do: Find out what law firm represented the Beastie Boys when they went after GoldiBlox. Why I Would Do That: They were successful in their defense

What I Would Do: Find out what law firm represented the Beastie Boys when they went after GoldiBlox. Why I Would Do That: They were successful in their defense of the rights of the Beastie Boys and reached a settlement that included a public admission of guilt. Long-Term Goal: To discourage such behavior through numerous examples of punishment using established rules.

untog 11y ago
Something tells me the Beastie Boys have a little more money to spend on lawyers than this guy does. And that's a significant problem - most of the time organizations like the Daily Mail are ripping off small-time practitioners of data visualizations, comics, whatever... if it's something produced by a large company with lawyers you can bet they wouldn't touch it.
- whistlerbrk 11y ago
  Class action, if that applies then maybe?. I think if this is really a repeat behaviour enough people would come out of the woodwork to say they too were stolen from and signup.
  - Brakenshire 11y ago
    As I understand it, we don't have class action in the UK.
- 6stringmerc 11y ago
  Well I didn't list "sell all worldly possessions and file a lawsuit" as one of the options, I just figured they'd be in the best position to consult, at least from a US standpoint if that's of any help. If I'm not mistaken, The Daily Mail likely has pretty hefty insurance policies in place for damages against them for a variety of legal tests / cases.
- SixSigma 11y ago
  One of the reasons The Beastie Boys had money was that in 1983 they sued British Airways [1] for using a snippet of “Beastie Revolution” [2] without permission and received for $40,000 which they used to build a rent an apartment / rehearsal space / recording studio which they used to learn their craft. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110826155454/http://samplinglaw.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/the-very-first-sampling-lawsuit/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110826155454/http://samplingla... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooky_Puss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooky_Puss

untog 11y ago

Something tells me the Beastie Boys have a little more money to spend on lawyers than this guy does. And that's a significant problem - most of the time organizations like the Daily Mail are ripping off small-time practitioners of data visualizations, comics, whatever... if it's something produced by a large company with lawyers you can bet they wouldn't touch it.

whistlerbrk 11y ago
Class action, if that applies then maybe?. I think if this is really a repeat behaviour enough people would come out of the woodwork to say they too were stolen from and signup.
- Brakenshire 11y ago
  As I understand it, we don't have class action in the UK.
6stringmerc 11y ago
Well I didn't list "sell all worldly possessions and file a lawsuit" as one of the options, I just figured they'd be in the best position to consult, at least from a US standpoint if that's of any help. If I'm not mistaken, The Daily Mail likely has pretty hefty insurance policies in place for damages against them for a variety of legal tests / cases.
SixSigma 11y ago
One of the reasons The Beastie Boys had money was that in 1983 they sued British Airways [1] for using a snippet of “Beastie Revolution” [2] without permission and received for $40,000 which they used to build a rent an apartment / rehearsal space / recording studio which they used to learn their craft. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110826155454/http://samplinglaw.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/the-very-first-sampling-lawsuit/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110826155454/http://samplingla... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooky_Puss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooky_Puss