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Verve Sued Again Over 'Symphony'

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British art-pop group The Verve are being sued again over their phenomenally popular "Bitter Sweet Symphony" single, according to the London Times. Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham claims he owns the copyright to the orchestral recording of the Stones' "The Last Time" -- which The Verve sampled on the single -- and therefore is owed up to 1 million pounds (about $1.7 million) in royalties. The Verve already have turned over publishing royalties from "Bitter Sweet Symphony" to another onetime Stones manager, Allen Klein, who controls the publishing copyright for "The Last Time." A Verve spokesman said Monday (Jan. 11) that Oldham's dispute is with Klein and Decca Records, not The Verve.

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