The music video for Sabotage, directed by Spike Jonze, was one of themost popular videosof the 1990s.
Its not clear where the videos were posted, a fact not mentioned in the lawsuit.
Attorneys for the Beastie Boys didnt immediately respond to questions emailed on Thursday.
Mike D (Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch) and Ad-Rock (Adam Horowitz) of the Beastie Boys, group portrait, London, 1993.© Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images
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