The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (1997) ( youtu.be )

snooggums , 9 months ago

The Verve negotiated rights to use the “Last Time” sample from the copyright holder, Decca Records. However, they did not obtain permission from the Rolling Stones’ former manager, Allen Klein, who owned the copyrights to their pre-1970 songs,

Why is there a separate copyright holder and copyright owner with one being able to ignore the deal the other one made?