Miley Cyrus categorically denies Flowers plagiarized a Bruno Mars song as she files to dismiss copyright lawsuit

Let her have her flowers.Miley Cyrus is refuting allegations her song “Flowers” plagiarizes elements of Bruno Mars’ hit “When I Was Your Man.” According to court documents obtained by The Post, lawyers for the “Hannah Montana” star, 32, filed a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against her and her “Flowers” co-writers by Tempo Music Investments on Wednesday, Nov.

20.Tempo Music owns part of the copyright for “When I Was Your Man,” having supposedly purchased the catalog of one of the song’s co-writer, Philip Lawrence, around 2020.

The song’s other three songwriters — Bruno Mars, Philip Ari Levine and Andrew Wyatt — are not named as plaintiffs.In their filing, lawyers for Cyrus and her co-writers say the hitmakers “categorically deny copying” Mars’ song, adding that “the allegedly copied elements [of ‘Flowers’] are random, scattered, unprotected ideas and musical building blocks.”Cyrus co-wrote “Flowers” with Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack.Their motion to dismiss also argues that Tempo Music’s lawsuit has a “fatal flaw,” namely that the company, in the eyes of the defendants, does not have legal standing to file an infringement claim as the firm only partially owns the “When I Was Your Man” copyright.“Plaintiff unambiguously alleges that it obtained its claimed rights in the ‘When I Was Your Man’ copyright from only one of that musical composition’s four co-authors,” Cyrus’ lawyers write.

“That is a fatal and incurable defect in Plaintiff’s claim because the Copyright Act expressly provides that only owners of exclusive rights may sue for copyright infringement.”The filing goes on to rebuff the specific plagiarism claims.“Plaintiff alleges, for example, that ‘When I WasYour Man’ and ‘Flowers’ share a few chords, pitches, an abstract ‘overall melodic design,’ and words, none of which is protected by copyright.And Plaintiff’s transcriptions, ...