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The point is not that she wasn’t as famous in Brazil. The point is that she was paid only $120 after performing the version of the song that became famous worldwide.

Also, the article states that she consciously avoided performing in Brazil.

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So what? at the time they payed her nobody knew it will be a huge hit, she was an unknown singer who got a chance to sing a song created by famous and talented creators of her home country. So they payed her a payday salary of a singer. She probably got payed more after that for live performances.

Is it fair that others capture all of the rewards of something she helped create?

What's wrong with a little bit of profit sharing?

Right now, writers in Hollywood are striking because the streaming medias treat them as mere day laborers, denying those writers the residuals they'd rightfully receive for the same work published by any other medium.

The reality is that even Tom Jobim didn't make much money from this song. He later said in an interview that the contract he signed gave most of the money to the American recording company and the writer of the English lyrics. He received only a small amount of the profits from this song.

TIL, thanks. Disappointed, but not surprised.

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