Miley Cyrus sued over copyright infringement for her hit ‘Flowers’
nme.comMiley Cyrus has been sued over her hit ‘Flowers’ after it was alleged that she and her co-writers copied parts of Bruno Mars’ song ‘When I Was Your Man’.The lawsuit – which was filed on Monday (September 16) in a Los Angeles court – sees a company named Tempo Music Investments claim that Cyrus’s Grammy-Award-winning song included an unauthorised “exploitation” of Mars’ 2013 track.
Her co-writers, Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack, were also named in the suit, as well as Sony Music Publishing, Apple, Target, Walmart and other companies who were accused of distributing the track.Mars is not named as a plaintiff as Tempo Music said that it owns a portion of ‘When I Was Your Man’ after they purchased it from the singer’s co-writer Philip Lawrence.
The company is seeking yet-to-be-determined damages as well as demanding a court order that prohibits Cyrus from reproducing, distributing or publicly performing the song.At the time of writing, Cyrus and her co-defendants have yet to respond to the suit.
NME has reached out to both Cyrus’ and Mars’ representatives for comment.A post shared by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus)The lawsuit claimed (as per Rolling Stone): “Any fan of Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’ knows that Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ did not achieve all of that success on its own.
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