Jonathan Coulton Song Used By Glee Without Permission

Posted by timothy on Friday January 25, 2013 @12:38PM from the perhaps-they-can-call-it-willful dept.

FunPika writes "Jonathan Coulton, who is known for songs such as "Code Monkey", is claiming that his cover of "Baby Got Back" was used without permission on Glee, a television show aired by Fox Broadcasting Company. When the Glee version appeared on YouTube last week, Coulton suspected that it sounded similar to his cover, and several of his fans confirmed this by analyzing the two tracks. Despite Coulton contacting Fox, they continued with airing the episode and have placed the song on sale in iTunes."

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Re:Copyright protection by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-25 16:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Ooh, I'll have to write the Rolling Stones a thank-you letter for getting that terrible, maudlin piece of crap off the radio. And here I thought the Stones hadn't done anything worthwhile since the 70s.
Re:Copyright protection by Chelloveck · 2013-01-26 04:08 · Score: 2, Funny

Bah. An unknown like Coulton should be paying Fox for the nationwide distribution on a hit TV show.

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