Miley Cyrus Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Alleged Plagiarism of Bruno Mars Music

JAKARTA – Miley Cyrus sued for allegedly plagiarizing Bruno Mars’ 2013 tune, Once I Used to be Your Guy, in his tune, Plants. The lawsuit was once filed by means of Pace Song Investments in Los Angeles Court docket on Monday, September 16, 2024.

Pace Song Investments, which owns one of the vital copyrights to the tune Bruno Mars after obtaining songwriter Philip Lawrence’s track catalog, alleging that a couple of events spotted putting similarities between the 2 songs after Miley Cyrus launched Plants in 2023.

As reported by means of Other folks, Wednesday (18/9/2024), this lawsuit highlights the similarities in melody, cohesion, lyrics and construction between the 2 songs. Thus sparking controversy within the track business.

“It’s simple in accordance with the mix and collection of similarities between the 2 recordings that Plants would now not exist with out Once I Used to be Your Guy,” the report reads.

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“Due to this fact, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit for copyright infringement bobbing up from the defendant’s unauthorized copy, distribution, and exploitation of Once I Used to be Your Guy,” he added.

Pace Song Investments additionally names Plants songwriters Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack, who wrote the tune with Cyrus, a number of the defendants, at the side of Sony Song Publishing and Apple, within the lawsuit.

In the meantime, Bruno Mars isn’t named as a plaintiff within the lawsuit. Pace Song Investments claims that they cling the copyright to the tune written by means of the 38-year-old singer with Lawrence, Ari Levine, and Andrew Wyatt in or round 2020.

The lawsuit states that the outlet vocal line of the refrain of Plants starts and ends at the similar chords as the outlet vocal line of the verse of Once I Used to be Your Guy.