Miley Cyrus won’t be going to court to defend a songwriter’s claim that she ripped off one of his tunes, with Reuters reporting the case has been settled.
Last year, Jamaican songwriter Michael May, who performs under the name Flourgon, sued Cyrus and her label, RCA Records and its parent company Sony, for a whopping $300 million, accusing the former “Hannah Montana” star of copying his 1988 song “We Run Things” for her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop”.
According to May’s suit, “We Run Things” reached number one in his native Jamaica, and pointed to the similarity between the lyrics in his song — “We run things. Things no run we” — and those in Cyrus’ song, in which she sings, “We run things. Things don’t run we.”
According to Reuters, “May, Cyrus, Sony and other defendants filed a joint stipulation in Manhattan federal court on Friday ending the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.”
In a letter dated Dec. 12, Cyrus’ lawyers stated that a settlement agreement had been signed, and that the stipulation would be filed “pending payment of the settlement proceeds.” The terms of the settlement were not specified.
Lawyers for May and Cyrus did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
