Michael May, who performs as Flourgon, sued Cyrus in March 2018, claiming that We Can’t Stop closely resembled his 1988 song We Run Things, which he called a reggae favorite since reaching No. 1 in his home country.
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May accused Cyrus and her label RCA Records, owned by Sony Corp, of misappropriating material including the phrase “We run things. Things no run we,” which she sang as “We run things. Things don’t run we.”
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 file again.
Cyrus’ lawyers said in a Dec. 12 letter that a settlement agreement had been signed, and that the stipulation would be filed “pending payment of the settlement proceeds,” which were not specified.
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Lawyers for May and Cyrus did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
We Can’t Stop, from Cyrus’ album Bangerz, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2013.
It was blocked from hitting No. 1 by Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, the subject of its own high-profile copyright case over its resemblance to Marvin Gaye’s 1977 song Got To Give It Up.
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