Record Companies Don't Want Ellen DeGeneres to "Just Dance"

According to TMZ.com, several record labels including Arista, Atlantic, Capitol Records, Motown, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records and Warner Bros. Records are joining forces in lawsuits filed against the popular talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres.

Their lawsuit(s) state that DeGeneres has used hundreds of songs for her Dance feature on her show for years, yet they have never received any money from the show. However, the people who work for the Ellen DeGeneres show claim that DeGeneres knows nothing about the music played on the show and is not involved in this case, which does not make much sense at all.


The Ellen DeGeneres Show's production company spokesman, Scott Rowe, stated that the show is in the process of working out a deal with the record label, but thus far nothing has been settled.

No word yet on how much the record labels plan to sue for.

It's pretty interesting that this has come to light in the midst of the breaking news about DeGeneres replacing Paula Abdul on American Idol. Do you think that this is nothing more than a publicity stunt, or do you believe that this is a serious matter that The Ellen Show should have to pay up to?