Did Glee Rip Off Web Musician Jonathan Coulton?

Musician Jonathan Coulton claims Fox's teen musical drama Glee borrowed heavily from his own music for an upcoming episode -- without notifying him.

Coulton, famous for releasing geeky songs online under a Creative Commons license, debuted an acoustic cover of '90s rap hit "Baby Got Back" in 2005. Friday morning, Coulton tweeted that Glee had a version that sounded much like his.

Hey look, @gleeonfox ripped off my cover of Baby Got Back: bit.ly/WME9Ho. Never even contacted me. Classy.— Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton) January 18, 2013

The tweet points to a YouTube link for "Baby Got Back," presumably to be included in next week's episode of Glee, titled "Sadie Hawkins…
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