Update: Beastie Boys win copyright infringement lawsuit

Back in the day...

The Washington Post reports that Beastie Boys have won their copyright infringement case against Monster. As noted in an earlier post, the fight in the case was over the measure of damages.  The Beasties were seeking $2 million in damages; Monster, which conceded infringement, thought a better number was $125,000.  So the court decided the right number is... 

$1.7 million dollars.  Which is kind of splitting the difference, in a way.  Sort of.