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(Reuters) Pop star Miley Cyrus copied fellow megastar Bruno Mars hit When I Was Your Man in her number-one single Flowers, according to a copyright lawsuit filed in California federal court...
The complaint, filed on Monday by music-rights owner Tempo Music Investments, said that Flowers duplicates numerous melodic, harmonic and lyrical elements of Mars song, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013...
Spokespeople for Cyrus label Sony Music and attorneys and spokespeople for Tempo did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit on Tuesday...
The lawsuit also accused streaming-service owners including Apple and Amazon and retailers including Target and Walmart of infringing Tempos copyright by distributing Cyrus song..
Tempos lawsuit said that Flowers has striking similarities to When I Was Your Man, including melodies, bass lines, chord progressions and lyrical elements..
