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Record companies sue Ellen for using their songs without permission on her show during those "dance over" segments.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Sep 10 '09, 22:06

Gee, you'd think you would want the free promotion.

Mop

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090910/ap_en_mu/us_tv_ellen_degeneres_lawsuit (news.yahoo.com)

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it's a simple matter of filing music clearance forms with ASCAP and BMI. someone at 'ellen' is toast for not filing the forms. - howie Sep 10, 22:35
it's kind of shocking to me that they didn't get permission. - b! Sep 10, 22:14 2
- No doubt you're supposed to get permission to do that kind of stuff, but you'd think labels would be knocking her door down... - Mop Sep 10, 22:16 1
  - But wouldn't not enforcing this case weaken their copyright? -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 22:32

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