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Miley Cyrus Sued, Accused of Copying Bruno Mars Song on ‘Flowers’
Miley Cyrus has been hit with a lawsuit alleging she and her co-songwriters copied portions of a Bruno Mars song in her Grammy-winning hit 'Flowers.'
According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles, Tempo Music Investments claims “Flowers” includes unauthorized “exploitation” of several elements of Mars’ 2013 piano-driven ballad “When I Was Your Man.” The suit also names Sony Music Publishing, Apple, Target, Walmart, and several other companies as defendants accused of distributing “Flowers.” Tempo owns a percentage of the U.S. copyrights to Mars’ song which it acquired from co-writer Philip Lawrence. However, the lawsuit asserts, “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. “It is undeniable based on the combination and number of similarities between the two recordings that ‘Flowers’ would not exist without ‘When I Was Your Man,’” the complaint continues.
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