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"The Beastie Boys are calling for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by go-go band Trouble Funk, which claims the rappers illegally used samples of the band&amp;apos;s music on their first two records Licesnsed to Ill and Paul&amp;apos;s Boutique, according to The Hollywood Reporter.\r\nTrouble Funk&amp;apos;s label TufAmerica filed the lawsuit in May, a day before the death of co-founder Adam Yauch, which delayed the suit. TufAmerica alleges copyright infringement, unjust enrichment and misappropriation; the label seeks punitive damages and a permanent injunction on the sale of the two records containing the samples.\r\nBeastie Boys&amp;apos; Adam &amp;apos;MCA&amp;apos; Yauch Through the Years\r\nIn their response to the suit, the Beastie Boys deny that there&amp;apos;s any &amp;quot;substantial similarity&amp;quot; between their tracks and Trouble Funk&amp;apos;s, and question the 20-plus year gap between the release of the records and the lawsuit.&amp;#xA0;\r\nIn their claim, TufAmerica argued that samples are &amp;quot;concealed . . . [to] the casual listener&amp;quot; and could only be heard &amp;quot;after conducting a careful audio analysis.&amp;quot; The Beastie Boys responded: &amp;quot;Because Plaintiff admits that the casual observer cannot identify Plaintiff&amp;apos;s musical compositions and sound recordings . . . there can be no substantial similarity.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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