Post Malone has another go at dismissing Circles song theft claim
completemusicupdate.comPost Malone is having another go at dismissing a legal claim made by a former collaborator who reckons he co-wrote the 2019 hit ‘Circles’.
This time the rapper is arguing that the contribution made by Tyler Armes during a recording session in 2018 was not sufficiently original to be protected by copyright.Armes – a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and member of Canadian rap-rock outfit Down With Webster – claims that he co-wrote ‘Circles’ during an all-night jamming session with Malone and producer Frank Dukes back in August 2018.When the track was released he contacted Malone’s manager who allegedly conceded that Armes co-wrote the track, offering him 5% of the copyright.
But when Armes pushed for a better deal, his request was rejected, and the songwriter was subsequently denied both a credit on and share in the song.In his original lawsuit, Armes sought a share of both the song and recording copyright in ‘Circles’, though the judge considering the case previously threw out the latter claim.
But Malone’s previous attempt to get the litigation dismissed entirely was unsuccessful.Malone accepts that he and Dukes did jam with Armes back in 2018.
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