Glee's Response to Jonathan Coulton

[teaspoonofsand]

MORE MORE UPDATE 1/25: Well, they aired it, seemingly unchanged. And it’s now for sale in the US iTunes store. They also got in touch with my peeps to basically say that they’re within their legal rights to do this, and that I should be happy for the exposure (even though they do not credit me, and have not even publicly acknowledged that it’s my

Comments

[mayonegg]

Idk why they don't at least offer to credit on like the FB account or something.

It'd be so monumentally stupid of them to have actually used his audio.

[priss]

yeah i'm confused why they aren't bothering to even acknowledge openly that it's his arrangement

you have nothing to lose here, guys. you (probably) aren't obligated to pay him a dime but you look so much goddamn better if you at least credit him.

[walkingprimrose]

because they wanted it to pass as their own and now they're bummed about the coverage this guy is getting thanks to them. Glee has been praised for their arrangements before, but right now i wonder how many of them were actually original

[mayonegg]

Like, I get it if it's their ~policy~ or whatever, but it's a dumb policy, so. Just acknowledge them and move on.

[walkingprimrose]

that I should be happy for the exposure

they are vile.

[bluestar20]

seriously what is wrong with these people ? It is the exact same version

[sparkysparky]

they're probably worried that if they credit him they'll have to admit how many other times they've done something like this (which is a lot apparently) Their whole brand is based on lies and deceit.

[kutie_kiki]

that I should be happy for the exposure

jesus christ this is disgustingly evil