just found this listing on BMI.com

After the Watershed written by:

CARTER LESLIE GEORGE PRS 135013421
JAGGER MICHAEL PHILLIP PRS 15036818
MORRISON JAMES NEIL PRS 135022028
RICHARD KEITH PRS 25957072
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anyone know what this is??

according to wikipedia in an article about the legality of sampling (music):

Cases have still emerged since then involving uncleared samples. In the late 1990s, The Verve was forced to pay 100% of their royalties from their hit "Bitter Sweet Symphony" for the use of an unlicensed sample from an orchestral cover version of The Rolling Stones' hit "The Last Time". The Rolling Stones' catalogue is one of the most litigiously protected in the world of popular music—to some extent the case mirrored the legal difficulties encountered by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine when they quoted from the song "Ruby Tuesday" in their song "After the Watershed" some years earlier. In both cases, the issue at stake was not the use of the recording, but the use of the song itself—the section from "The Last Time" used by the Verve was not even part of the original composition, but because it derived from a cover version of it, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were still entitled to royalties and credit on the derivative work. This illustrates an important legal point: even if a sample is used legally, it may open the artist up to other problems.

The sample is an absoloute ripp off, but the song is still completely Ashcroft's. I've heard versions with just him and a guitar and there is a completely original tune in there.

What I can't understand is why artists/producers don't get permission to use the samples before releasing the song. It's usually a simple process to purchase the use of any copyrighted material. It's aso very easy to get sued, and lose, by using material without permission.