SharonA,

Songwriters like it when people cover their songs, because they get paid royalties, which is what they live off of, so I don't see why it's a rip off--I'll bet that Taylor made more money off the Shaggy version than he did off any of the others--he only gets a few cents for each record, but multiply a few pennies by 13 million--nice way to get ripped off!