Jonathan Coulton responds to Fox/Glee’s plagiarism of his song by “covering” it and making rival version available for sale

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Ken

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You’ll have heard that Jonathan Coulton’s iconic cover of Baby’s Got Back was plagiarised by the Fox TV show “Glee” (it’s not the first time). Coulton’s story has been widely reported, but Fox/Glee have remained shameless about this.

Coulton’s got a brilliant solution to this: he’s released a “cover” of Glee’s plagiarized version of his song, put it on Itunes as a rival to the official Fox version, and has announced that the proceeds will go to charity.

Jonathan Coulton ‘Covers’ Glee’s Ripoff of ‘Baby Got Back,’ Puts It on iTunes, Proceeds Go to Charity

(Thanks, Larry!)




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