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The same day that the news came out about late Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch and his wish not to have his music or likeness used in advertising, his former bandmates and estate have filed a suit against Monster Energy Drink for using their music and likeness in advertising. The company is accused of creating promotional videos using music and videos from the Beastie Boys along with their videos. What happened - more plainly than Consumerist opaquely put it - is that Monster posted a downloadable MP3 featuring [...]