Wow, those links are spectacular. Thanks for highlighting them.
Here's why this is an issue. Coulton released his sound recording under the Creative Commons, by-nc-sa . If they used his sound recording, Fox/Glee is infringing all three parts of that license:
- They didn't attribute
- They released it commercially
- They didn't release it share-alike
A creative commons license is additive, so they could have worked around it by contacting Coulton and getting permission ($$).
Since they did none of that, Coulton has legal grounds here, specifically relating to the use of the sound recording. In my IANAL opinion. :-)
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Wow, those links are spectacular. Thanks for highlighting them.
Here's why this is an issue. Coulton released his sound recording under the Creative Commons, by-nc-sa . If they used his sound recording, Fox/Glee is infringing all three parts of that license:
- They didn't attribute - They released it commercially - They didn't release it share-alike
A creative commons license is additive, so they could have worked around it by contacting Coulton and getting permission ($$).
Since they did none of that, Coulton has legal grounds here, specifically relating to the use of the sound recording. In my IANAL opinion. :-)