Coulton wrote that music himself and that is so obviously the version the Glee staff used.
Coulton then took to Wired to talk about his side of the story.
As angry Coulton fans are clamoring on Twitter, Coulton arranged and recorded an eerily similar "Baby Got Back" cover.
He was one of 12 children born to Edward Coulton Wolstencroft and Annie Wolstencroft, of Gordon Road, Lower Edmonton.
But Coulton might have legal footing if the show used Coulton's audio track.
Coulton may not have any legal recourse here, but there is an ethical question at issue that FOX must answer.
"If 'Glee' used parts of Coulton's actual recording, there would be a copyright claim for him to pursue, " Parks said.
But the huge, buzzing fly in that ointment is that Coulton has a very free and open relationship with his audience.
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From this, Coulton believes at least some of his audio was used by the show, although he is unsure how much.
Jonathan Coulton has built an insanely profitable empire based on self-distributed music.
Geek celebrities such as the band They Might Be Giants and podcaster Chris Hardwick came out in support of Coulton on Twitter.
Some are undertaking sophisticated audio analyses of both song versions, Coulton said.
Coulton also treated us to three songs, including "Still Alive" from the Portal soundtrack and two tracks off his brand new record Artificial Heart.
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Coulton said he was not informed beforehand, nor was he given any credit or compensation for having arranged the melody of the cover song.
Gunningham was jailed for seven years, Wiper for six years and nine months, Coulton for five years and Higgins and Smith for four years each.
So similar, in fact, that the "Glee" version included Coulton's line "Johnny C's in trouble, " replacing the lyric "Mix-A-Lot's in trouble" in the original song.
Yet Brian Coulton of Fitch, a rating agency, points out that this reflects falling German yields (as investors seek ultra-safe havens) rather than rising Italian ones.
Because Coulton's cover is derivative of the original work by Sir Mix-A-Lot, Coulton does not have a copyright claim against "Glee" for using the Coulton version, Parks said.
Coulton, known for nerdy and humorous songs such as "Code Monkey, " said Friday that he is "mystified" about why the show went about using the cover song in this way.
Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones, and enjoy witty banter and guitar riffs from house musician Jonathan Coulton.
Hopefully this Coulton guy has learned a lesson.
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We sat down with Coulton as part of this month's Engadget Show, discussing his midlife crisis-driven decision to quit his day job and the journey that the internet played in making him a star.
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"Hilariously, for me, it comes down to the sound of a duck quacking, which is a sound effect that was in my version, used as a bleep noise to cover up an expletive, " Coulton said.
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But as Mr Coulton points out, it is not clear how much of this increase was structural (the product of enduring improvements in tax collection) and how much cyclical (the result of a temporary upswing in the economy).
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Brian Coulton, head of global economics at Fitch Ratings, told the Today programme that there has been "surprising stickiness" in the rate of inflation, currently at 3.2%, which has not fallen as fast as the bank had expected, given the recession, "and that's something the bank has to worry about" when considering interest rates.
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