[brvsft]

> That doesn’t mean the performer who made the version...

She didn't make it. She sang a part of it. And it isn't as if they knew how successful this recording would become.

I'm not Brazilian, but I'm a fan of bossa nova. The way some people are talking in this thread as if the entire song was created by Astrud seems absurd. The position completely erases the work done by the men who pioneered bossa nova as a genre. Do you actually listen to this music? What do you do when listening to this album? Do you fast forward past the lengthy saxophone solos?

[soneca]

I am not one of those people saying Astrud is the main responsible for creating the song.

My position is that her contribution deserved a portion of the profits the song generate larger than $120. I think it’s fair that she should earn more directly from it, even acknowledging that the song kickstarted her great career and was the foundation of a lot of profits in the future.

I am not saying it was illegal or the $120 was paid on bad faith at the time of recording. I am saying that after the song becoming a worldwide hit, she deserved to earn more. It might not have been illegal for her to earn only $120, but it was unfair in my opinion.

[specialist]

Labor is the source of all wealth. Maybe they should get some fraction of the profits.

I call my radical proposal Profit Sharing.

[pmarreck]

Maybe all compensation should include some stock.

[specialist]

I support any and all efforts to get our gini coefficient back down to 0.35 or lower. Worker-directed social enterprises, co-ops, trust busting, tax enforcement, universal healthcare, universal basic income, repeated radical cashectomies of the 1%, name & shame... Whatever works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient