{"id":10577,"date":"2026-05-05T11:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/rolling-stones-paint-it-black-owner-settles-instagram-ad-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:23:33","slug":"rolling-stones-paint-it-black-owner-settles-instagram-ad-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/rolling-stones-paint-it-black-owner-settles-instagram-ad-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stones \u2018Paint It Black\u2019 Owner Settles Instagram Ad Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tABKCO Music & Records has reached a settlement with Behr Paint over an in Instagram advertisement that allegedly featured an unlicensed version of The Rolling Stones\u2019 1966 chart-topper \u201cPaint It, Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLawyers for Behr and ABKCO, which owns The Rolling Stones\u2019 early catalog, filed a joint notice of settlement ending the lawsuit on Monday (May 4). Terms of the resolution were not disclosed, though ABKCO alleged in its complaint last year that synch licenses for \u201cPaint It, Black\u201d typically fetch fees between the hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

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\n\tA rep for ABKCO declined to comment on the settlement. Reps for Behr did not immediately return a request for comment. The band is not involved in the litigation.<\/p>\n

\n\tABKCO sued Behr in November, alleging the paint company didn\u2019t pay to use \u201cPaint It, Black\u201d in a 2022 Instagram ad that showed a person spray-painting furniture. The lawsuit stated that the song, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, is \u201cone of the most valuable copyrights in the history of popular music.\u201d Behr broadly denied all wrongdoing in an initial response to the claims.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Instagram and TikTok have large libraries of pre-cleared music covered by blanket licenses, these free songs are only available for individual users to soundtrack their videos. Corporate accounts are limited to a far more limited commercial music library. If a popular song isn\u2019t included, brands are supposed to buy individual synch licenses directly from rightsholders, just like in TV advertising.<\/p>\n

\n\tCompany accounts don\u2019t always follow these rules \u2014 and these days, the music industry is cracking down via the legal system. Labels and publishers have sued companies ranging from Chili\u2019s to Quince for copyright infringement in recent years over missing synch licenses. Like in the \u201cPaint It, Black\u201d case, most of these lawsuits settle relatively quickly and confidentially.<\/p>\n


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