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Miley Cyrus Demands Dismissal of ‘Flowers’ Copyright Lawsuit: ‘Incurable Defect’

Miley Cyrus says "Flowers" doesn't infringe on a Bruno Mars single and that the firm suing for infringement can't act without Mars and his co-writers

Miley Cyrus is calling for the immediate dismissal of a lawsuit alleging she and her fellow songwriters copied portions of a Bruno Mars single when they wrote her Grammy-winning banger “Flowers.” According to Cyrus’ motion, filed by prominent lawyer Peter Anderson, Tempo lacks the necessary “exclusive” standing because it only obtained rights from one of the song’s four coauthors and can’t act “unilaterally.” The complaint names Cyrus’ fellow songwriters Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack as co-defendants alongside Sony Music Publishing and distributors including Apple, Target and Walmart.

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