Salon.com > jonathan coulton http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 01:08:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Did “Glee” rip off Jonathan Coulton’s cover of “Baby Got Back”? http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/did_glee_rip_off_jonathan_coultons_cover_of_baby_got_back/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/did_glee_rip_off_jonathan_coultons_cover_of_baby_got_back/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13175656 Musician Jonathan Coulton is claiming that Fox's hit show "Glee" plagiarized a cover he performed of the 1992  Sir-Mix-a-Lot single "Baby Got Back." Via Twitter, Coulton wrote:

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The "Glee" track, from Season 4, below:

Indeed, the song bears an uncanny resemblance to Coulton's 2005 release, posted on YouTube via user Enzemo:

Salon has reached out to Fox via email and is waiting to hear back.

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