A contentious legal battle over fair use comes to an end.| Billboard
Beastie Boys members Mike D and Adrock will be on hand Saturday (Sept. 9) to celebrate the unveiling of Beastie Boys Square in New York.| Billboard
Beastie Boys' copyright infringement suit against Monster Energy has ended, with jurors finding against the beverage company.| Billboard
Gil Kaufman (he/him) is a longtime Billboard contributor. After helping to build the first commercial internet music news site (Addicted to Noise) in the mid-1990s, he spent 16 years as a senior writer/editor/producer and live event photographer at MTV News before joining Billboard in 2016 as a full-time freelance editor/writer. Since then he has written nearly 10,000 headlines spanning breaking news, concert reports, awards shows, TV/movies, profiles, features and interviews, with a focus on...| Billboard
Explore Mike D's music on Billboard. Get the latest news, biography, and updates on the artist.| Billboard
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