'Baby Got Back,' one million to Mega, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, January 21, 2013
'Baby Got Back,' one million to Mega, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, January 21, 2013
2013-01-21
it's Monday January 21st 2013 i'm dan
seifert and i was wearing a our headsets
on the subway way before anyone else
this is 90 seconds on the verge
presented by forward internet musician
Jonathan Coulton has accused the TV show
Glee of ripping him off at issue is a
version of baby got back set for this
week's episode the Glee track is clearly
a recreation of Colton's folksy cover
however the changes he made to the
original song likely aren't covered
under copyright law so Glee can use
Colton's version however it likes even
without asking permission Colton has
also accused the show of sampling his
recording directly it's true that would
set the stage for more serious
ramifications Kim coms new file storage
service mega has launched with all of
the absurd fanfare you were hoping for
the follow up to megaupload hit over 1
million users within a day of going live
this past weekend calm kick things off
with an entertainment showcase and press
conference from his New Zealand mansion
saying we cannot be stopped he then
disappeared into a secret lair hidden in
a volcano okay that last part didn't
happen but would you have been surprised
finally Amazon's delving into the undead
the company will be handling development
for television adaptation of zombieland
based on the jesse eisenberg and woody
harrelson movie the project had
originally been earmarked for CBS it
will give an Amazon original streaming
content to take on Netflix which is
debuting house of cards and new episodes
of Arrested Development later this year
no word yet on whether Bill Murray is
involved and that's it for today's top
stories join us tomorrow we'll be taking
a look at famous presidential photobombs
Bill Clinton you rapscallion
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