Who sued The Verve about the song Bittersweet Symphony?

Answer 1

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Although the song's lyrics were written by Verve vocalist Richard Ashcroft, it has been credited to Keith Richards and Mick Jagger because the song uses the Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of The Rolling Stones 1965 song " The Last Time" as its foundation. Originally, The Verve had negotiated a license to use a sample from the Oldham recording, but it was successfully argued that the Verve had used 'too much' of the sample. Despite having original lyrics, the music of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was arguably largely based on the Oldham track, which led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, Allen Kleins company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones material of the 1960s. The matter was eventually settled, with copyright of the song reverting to ABKCO and songwriting credits to Jagger and Richards.

" "We were told it was going to be a 50/50 split, and then they saw how well the record was doing," says Jones. "They rung up and said 'we want 100 per cent or take it out of the shops', you don't have much choice." "

After losing the composer credits to the song, Richard Ashcroft commented, "This is the best song [Mick] Jagger and [Keith] Richards have written in 20 years."

From wikipedia