I'm not familiar with the example. I know who Aretha Franklin is and I know the song. I think there's copyright on the song, but there's also remuneration coming out of the recording of the song. I think she probably made money with the recording of the song. I'm not familiar with that case, but there is remuneration for performers. I think it's normal that writers get paid as well. The people who write the songs are very important.
On September 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.