Per WIRED, Coulton does not appear to be the first to have this happen, just the first that more than a few people know about.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/jonathan-coulton-glee-song/ David >________________________________ > From: M-D November <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:36 PM >Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Glee vs. Jonathan Coulton > > >JoCo has said in interviews that he probably doesn't have a legal leg to stand >on re: copyright because of license he had to take to cover the song, but if >it can be proven* that Glee lifted the audio wholesale and just removed the >original vocal, then Coulton may be in for a big payday. > > >*It may already have been proven - a number of Coulton's fans have performed >analyses on both tracks and found the waveforms - especially on the portion >featuring the expletive-covering duck quack, to be nearly identical. > >On Friday, January 25, 2013 4:46:48 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >It is official. Glee took Coulton's arrangement and aired it, and is >>now selling it on iTunes. >> >>Coulton will be able to retire young. >> >>https://itunes.apple.com/us/ album/baby-got-back-glee-cast- >>version/id592420108?i= 592420188&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 >> >>The comments on iTunes and on Glee's Twitter feed are amusing. >> >>On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> All conjecture at this point... no way to know if the song he found a >>> recording of is to be used on Glee, but somebody wants him to think it >>> is, and it is identical to his arrangement. >>> >>> http://www.jonathancoulton. com/2013/01/18/baby-got-back- and-glee/ >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> >>-- >>Kevin M. (RPCV) >> -- >-- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
