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1 years  Beastie Boys Seek to Drop Bomb on 'Paul's Boutique'
Sampling Lawsuit  The group asks a judge to dismiss a lawsuit
filed the day before Adam Yauch died because casual observers
won't be able to identify the source of samples.  Beastie Boys
black and white L Phil Andelman  The Beastie Boys have finally
responded to a lawsuit that alleges the group illegally sampled
material on the 1986 album License to Ill and the 1989 album
Paul's Boutique.  TufAmerica, a record label, filed its
complaint the day before Adam Yauch died, which led to delay in
a response.  On Monday, the group's lawyers asked a judge to
find that the plaintiffs can't establish substantial similarity
between original recordings  and the Beasties' work, and even if
TufAmerica can support copyright infringement claims, to limit
the liability thanks to the fact that License to Ill and Paul's
Boutique came out more than two decades ago.  PHOTOS: Beastie
Boys' MCA's Life and Car