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In 1999, a US federal court judge ruled in favor of the Robles family. Paul Simon had to retroactively change the credits and pay damages. Since then, all pressings of Bridge Over Troubled Water legitimately list the writer as "Daniel Alomía Robles." This case set a historic precedent for the protection of indigenous-derived compositions versus arranged "traditional" music.

The story of begins not in a recording studio, but in a theater. In 1913, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles wrote a zarzuela—a Spanish operetta—titled "El Cóndor Pasa." The play was a protest piece. El Condor Pasa

For the Quechua people, the song is not entertainment; it is an oral history of suffering under colonialism and industrialization. In 1999, a US federal court judge ruled