Miley Cyrus doesn’t stay silent when it comes to her art, especially the lawsuit surrounding her song “Fflowers.”
The singer was previously sued for song copyright infringement by a songwriter who worked on Bruno Mars on Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man.” Now, Cyrus has responded and claims that she found a “fatal flaw” in the lawsuit.
According to Yell!, Cyrus said the lack of involvement of Mars and the two other cowboys was grounds for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
“The plaintiff is clear [says] that they obtained the claimed rights to the ‘When I Was Your Man’ copyright from only one of the four co-authors of that musical work,” Cyrus’ attorney said. “That is a defect material and irreparable in plaintiff’s claim.”
Cyrus’s representative, Peter Anderson, continued to argue that Tempo Music Investment – which purchased the rights to one of Mars’ co-writers – only gave the company “non-exclusive rights” to the song. They continue to assert that under federal copyright law, such limited rights do not give someone the right to sue.
“Plaintiff committed this act of copyright infringement alone – without any other co-authors or owners of the musical work. Without the consent of the parties,” Anderson said in the lawsuit. other owners, the grant of rights from only one co-owner will have no legal status”. document.
However, Tempo Music’s legal team member, Alex Weingarten, countered this argument with a statement Billboard.
“They are trying to make bogus technical arguments because they have no real defense for the case. We are not the assignees; we are the copyright owners. The law clearly state that we have the right to enforce our interests,” he said.
Tempo’s lawsuit claims that “Fflowers” stole elements beyond feedback lyrics, including “melodic and harmonic material”, “pitch ending patterns” and “bass line structure” .
Cyrus’ team has argued that the two songs show “striking differences in melody, chords, other musical and verbal elements” and that any similarities are not protected by copyright.
“The musician defendants emphatically deny copying and that the elements alleged to be copied are random, scattered, unprotected musical ideas and building blocks,” Anderson said.
Cyrus scored the biggest hit of her career with “Fflowers”. The song reached number 1 on the charts Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks, becoming her second chart-topper after “Wrecking Ball” in 2013. The song earned Cyrus her first Grammy Award when she won Record of the Year and Pop music solo performance.
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