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Chili's and the Beastie Boys are reportedly no longer beefing after settling lawsuits that accused the Dallas-based restaurant chain of using a song in a marketing campaign without permission.
The big picture: Chili's has tried to build a strong social media presence to stay relevant and is booming at a time when many other major restaurant and fast food chains are struggling.
Driving the news: Chili's parent company Brinker International and Universal Music Group filed settlement notices in federal courts in Dallas and Manhattan, New York, last week, Reuters reports.
The settlement terms were not disclosed.
Friction point: The music group alleged in court documents that a Chili's video included portions of the Beastie Boys' 1994 song "Sabotage" and "evoked" the group by including three characters wearing wigs, fake mustaches and sunglasses.
The complaint said Beastie Boys founding member Adam Yauch, who died in 2012, forbade the licensing of intellectual property to advertise third-party products, per Reuters.
