Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Ripped Off Bruno Mars Track, Lawsuit Says

Miley Cyrus’ hit song “Flowers” copied Bruno Mars’ 2013 track “When I Was Your Man” without permission, according to a federal lawsuit also naming as defendants companies including Apple Inc., Live Nation Entertainment Inc., and Target Corp.

Tempo Music Investments LLC sued Cyrus and a suite of music publishers and media companies Monday, alleging they infringed the copyright of Mars’ song, of which it owns a share. The more than two dozen defendants’ “unauthorized reproduction, distribution, and exploitation” of Mars’ song has led to lost profits, the music investment platform told the US District Court for the Central ...