goldie blox talking about it's a new toy company and it wants to turn young girls into future engineers and it just launched its first commercial now to much acclaim and controversy commercials launched now the background music in the commercial is a parody of the beastie boys hit song girls. girls and pretty much turns out that the message of the song is put on its head and now there's a lawsuit so in an open letter of surviving beastie boys write quote as creative as it is make no mistake your video is an advertisement that is designed to sell a product and long ago we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and your name to be used in product so rich i'll ask you now i know there's been some confusion here as to who's suing who . fascinatingly enough goldie blox preemptively sued the beastie boys for the right to use this song interestingly they didn't contact the beastie boys ahead of time and say could we use this instead they seem upset with the law yet they just sat there with a lawsuit they claim that they were first the written by the beastie boys which is why they fi

that came out with the first suit and i'm told it blocks them i want to be on goldie blox that is yet and i am going to absolutely exactly that it really was a surviving beastie boys who said we have always said that we don't want to be used for advertisements interesting lee because so many musical artists they are realizing that the only way they can make a profit these days is by selling their song rights to motorola i can't think of one like quote unquote indie music so. yeah so i think you. know that's very well i guess the beastie boys they made their money in the ninety's when the music industry still was. they're to make a lot of money and you know you will still have records i bought a beastie boys cd i love it i'm aging myself. and we've obviously worse now despite the lawsuit the question is does goldie blox have a buyable business strategy on our hands yes goldie blox was actually funded largely by kickstarter i know we've talked about that before and already had twenty two thousand orders in place before they've even launched this new commercial which is also come

strategy on our hands yes goldie blox was actually funded largely by kickstarter i know we've talked about that before and already had twenty two thousand orders in place before they've even launched this new commercial which is also come out to much acclaim as you mentioned before nearly ten thousand or ten million people have already watched this commercial i'm sure the fact that all this controversy is swelling around is only helping them in terms of getting more eyes on their website on their commercial and people talking about them as you said just in time for the holidays you know they already have that built in audience of a lot of people who are saying this is really great we would like to buy this stuff so much so that we're willing to fund development of these toys well said ms perseus and post turkey day to you that's all that's i'm going to have. but you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at youtube dot com slash boom bust our teeth well so love hearing from you so please check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash boom bust our teeth from

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. >> reporter:oakland based goldie blox has sued the beastie boys.after goldie blox re-made a popular beastie boys song in this on-line video.the video is one of four finalists competing for a chance to get some free commericial time in this year's super bowl. >> reporter:here's a little bit of the now viral video: some 9 million people have watched the video in the past week. goldie blox specializes in empower young girls with science-centered toys. >>the video depicts girls singing about building spaceships and coding software. >> reporter:goldie blox says it filed the federal lawsuit after the beastie boys threatened their own legal action for copyright infringement. the beastie boys now say they support the message in the goldieblox video.but have a ban on using their music in ads. >> reporter:in an open letter.the remaining members of the band say in part: "when we tried to simply ask how and why our song "girls" had been used in your ad without our permission, you sued us," >> reporter:we contacted goldie blox and the company would not comment on these recent developments. as of

. ♪ oakland based start-up goldie blox rewrote the iconic 1986 song "girls" changing lyrics. the beastie boys responded in an open letter to the toy company stating -- >> reporter: goldie blox filed a preemptive lawsuit against the boys. the complaint states that because the lyrics poke fun at the original song it's a parody making it fair use. >> i think it is ultimately unlikely to be considered a fair use. >> reporter: copyright law expert says the court may not rule in goldie blox's favor because the video is an ad. >> the court's going to look and say, this is something that where they could have gotten aligns from the copyright -- a license from the copyright owner to use the music and/or to use it with altered lyrics in order the make their point. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> the beastie boys letter also states that they made a conscious decision not to use their music to sell products. >> also reached out to gold key approximate, they were not available for comment. >>> another check on the weather. >> some changes are coming our way. it looks like the high cloud

the suit concerns the goldie blox remake of the beastie boys song "girls." boys don't want their song to be used the advertising but it was goldie blox that filed suit. it wants a court to say the new version is a parody making it fair use. >> i think it is ultimately unlikely to be considered a fair use. the court's going to look and say, this is something that where they could have gotten a license from the copyright owner to use the music. >> the beastie boys let the toy company know they made a conscious decision not to use their music to sell products. >>> well, it turns out your dog can eat your homework. >> or in this particular case, a colorado dog ate an entire science project. here he is. reggie devoured payton's mock volcano. it was made out of candy so it was tasty. but it also had straight pins. reggie ate about 50 of them. >> this is the stomach here. and all of these pins, there's -- small little regular straight pins. we went in surgically and pulled out the one large pin and four of the small straight pins. >> sounds a little painful but reg

the company goldie blox parodied the beastie boys song "girls."ement for a toy for young girls. then the company sued the beastie boys for fair use. well, the beastie boys say they do not allow their music to sell a product. however you look at it, anne-marie, that story got the beastie boys back in the news. >> not just the beastie boys, this toy company just in time for holiday shopping. a lot of people are talking about their toy now. >> pretty good marketing move, i'd have to say. >> i would think so. alexis christoforous, thanks a lot. >>> in sports, a showdown of two of the nfl most exciting quarterbacks on "monday night football." san francisco's colin kaepernick gets the best of washington's robert griffin iii. kaepernick throws three passes while griffin takes a beating all night long. san francisco wins 27-6. >>> when we return, a call for justice. protests at san jose state university, after four students are charged with committing hate crimes against their roommate. [ slimsoft ] my floss-tip™ bristles are up to 17x slimmer than other

. ♪ so this is an ad for the toy company goldie-blox.he song in the ad is a spin-off of a song by the beastie boys called "girls." the beastie boys are threatening the company with a copyright infringement lawsuit. they're claiming it's spin-off and parody of the original song. >>> a lot of buzz surrounding this year's american music awards. >> my lucky number is 13. so far you guys have made 2013 the most magical year of my life so far. >> well, that young lady does have the magic touch. she's the big winner. singer taylor swift taking home four awards, including the top honor of artist of the year. justin timberlake keeping his sexy back. he won three amas, including soul and a & b album of the yiegt. that's right. >> macklemore used his acceptance speech to address a very serious issue. he paid tribute to trayvon martin saying kids die every year due to racial profiling and it's, quote, time we fight against racism and the laws that protect it. >> well said, young man. and the amas handing out its first ever icon award. that's rihanna

. ♪ oakland based start-up goldie blox rewrote "gills" changing lyrics to girls building spaceships anding. today the beastie boys responded in an open letter to the company saying -- they filed a preemptive lawsuit against the boys, the complaint says that because its lyrics poke fun at the original song it's a parody making it fare use. >> i think it's ultimate lick unlikely to be -- unlikely to be considered fair use. >> reporter: the court may not rule in the company's favor because the video is an ad. >> the court's going to look and say this is something that where they could have gotten a license from the copyright owner to use the music. and/or to use it with altered lyrics in order to make their point. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> the letter also says the band members made a conscious decision not to use their music to sell products? we reached out the company, the company was not available for comment. >>> time now is 4:40. a winter storm is causing more headaches for those trying to reach their thanksgiving destinations. more on the impacts of holiday travel. >> and a ne

goldie blox says it tries to use science to empower young girls. beastie boys have a policy against using their music in ads.so lawyers got involved. and after initially pre- emptively suing the beastie boys.the oakland company is backing down. >> reporter:goldie blox even released a statement that said in part. >> reporter:we don't want to fight with you. we love you and we are actually huge fans. we don't want to spend our time fighting legal battles. we want to inspire the next generation. >> reporter:now to the hottest new video on the internet. it's called how to fight a baby.and before you go and call child protective services.check it out. a father of three.and his 10-month old son. >>video >> reporter:new york based writer comedian gavin mcinnes posted the video monday.it already has about 3 million views. most people think it's creative and cute. but you know how things are these days. >> reporter:some people think he's abusing his son. it's obviously tongue in cheek and the eye patch at the end is priceless. oh, the internet. >> pam: comi

what about this goldy blox. >> a stanford engineer who was struck by the fact that she was one of the mechanical engineering class and looked into it. only 11% of engineers worldwide are female. she said why is that? her own story so she didn't know what an engineer was until she was a senior in high school and someone said maybe you should give it a whirl. toys that are designed to help young girls with basic engineering concepts. really clever. >> that is extremely cool. goldy glox. thank you so much, regina lewis. see you again soon. >>> in the next hour, i'm be joining steve for a special battle of the network stars edition of up against the clock. i'm going up against karen finney of disrupt. 8:45 eastern. so stay tuned for that >> bill maher has gift ideas for that special season. >> bill o'reilly's killing st. nick. he's always killing people. paula deen, the extremely white christmas. chris christie's 12 days of thanksgiving. he likes to eat. nsa. we see you when you're sleeping. oh, mayor rob ford. christmas is for sharing so give me some of your crack. barack obama. if you l

the viral video launch by the company goldi-blox, using the beastie boys song.court over this. what's the beef here? >> it's really interesting. goldiblox is this company i fully supported from the very beginning with their mission. it's creating toys that teaches girls how to build things. ultimately, this is about getting girls interested in technology at a very young age. >> engineering, stuff like that. >> exactly. however, as companies, i feel we have a moral obligation when we want to use someone else's copyrighted material, you need to get permission for that. >> absolutely. >> in this case, goldieblox did not do that. they used the beastie boys' song "girls" and redid it without their permission. it's caused a lot of legal issues. >> it sure has. we're going to have to get that thing sorted out in court. allison, founder of women who tech, thanks so much for joining us. happy thanksgiving >> thank you. >> that's a wrap of things for me. see you back here on black friday. of course, you can catch "weekends with alex witt" on weekend days. "now" with alex

. >> goldie-blox says their goal is to inspire a new generation of female engineers with some toys.nning, using bad language. he's got guts! >> let me ask you a question, where you work over there at sirius satellite radio, do they do any drug testing? >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. if you're traveling east, you will likely hate heavy rain, freezing rain, high winds and snow. >> i hated that. the worst storms in the south but will move to the east over the next 36 hours. there were icy spots all the way to jar gentleman. we're at the hartsfield jackson airport. manuel, good morning. >> eporter: good morning, gayle, charlie and norah. along with passengers here, we've been keeping a close eye on the boards. so far only a few delays have been posted, but that could change as rain and cold temperatures are expected to last throughout the day here. >> i said, baby, we need to try to leave tomorrow. >> reporter: just the threat of bad weather forced some passengers to change their travel plans. monica and martin sylvan cut their vacation a day short. >> we'd rat