[rprasad]

Wherein HN is introduced to the concept of a "compulsory license" which makes this all okay (www.copyright.gov/circs/circ73.pdf).

Generally, the compulsory license requires royalties to be paid to the original copyrightholder of a musical work. It does not require the original rights holder to be publicly credited.

For examples of compulsory licensing in action, see...nearly every rap, hip-hop, or R&B song released in the past decade...