Ellen DeGeneres, aside from being annoying, also hires idiots.
She apparently used more than 1,000 copyrighted songs on her show without permission or paying royalties to the artists. Lets set aside whether, as a philosophical matter, she should have to.
Per papers filed at a U.S. District Court in Nashville on September 9th, when the labels asked the Ellen show producers how come they never sought to acquire permission to use the songs, the defendants replied that they didn’t “roll that way.” (source)
Homey don’t play dat!