Miley Cyrus Song-Stealing: Miley Cyrus “Rockstar” Lustra “Scotty Doesn’t Know”

May 15th, 2008 by Castina

Tagged as: Disney, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, TV, TV News, Today's New Music

Public image problems just went from bad to worse for Miley Cyrus. The fifteen year old Hannah Montana icon is being accused of copyright infringement. Miley allegedly swiped her song “Rockstar” from Lustra, a rock band who recorded the single “Scotty Doesn’t Know” for the 2004 Eurotrip Original Soundtrack. “If Hannah Montana wants us now, who is next? The Jonas Brothers?” Chris Baird of Lustra says.

As of Thursday, Miley’s label, Hollywood Records, has not commented on the copyright infringement accusation.

We’ll let you be the judge. Here are samples of Miley’s “Rockstar” and Lustra’s “Scotty” track. Do you hear any similarities?

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20 Responses to “Miley Cyrus Song-Stealing: Miley Cyrus “Rockstar” Lustra “Scotty Doesn’t Know””

On May 16th 2008, rese wrote:

I think they have some similarities, but they are not identical.

Miley did not write this particular song though. Rockstar was written for her character Hannah Montana for the show, so Miley is not responsible for any similarities between the two songs.

Miley is known for writing songs, but only for her own albums (Meet Miley Cyrus and the forthcoming Breakout). The only song she has written that her character on TV sings is “I Miss You”.

So, really I wish people would at least get that part right and accuse the writers for this song of plagirism and not Miley herself.
On May 16th 2008, Mica wrote:

The guitar opening is similar. I think the versus and chorus have a different rhythm and time. However, I do believe the standard for a court case is pretty low so the Disney camp may have some exposure. Only X amount of notes is enough to get nailed in court.

I remember Ray Parker Jr. getting sued for his Ghostbuster’s theme sounding just like I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis. Lewis got an out of court settlement.
On May 18th 2008, brianna wrote:

i see some similar parts.
but miley didnt even write it.
disney did.
for her show.
so i think this whole thing is a waste of peoples time.
they are just doing all this to miley and not laying off of her cause britney spears is being good.
and so is lindsay lohan and paris hilton.
On May 20th 2008, Nadia wrote:

I say no there isn’t any similarity except for the guitar part!! So she actually didn’t copy!
On May 23rd 2008, Haided wrote:

I thinck that is true everyone is bothering miley because everyone else that were on the cover of magaziens are being good i thinck that they need to leave miley the F**** alone i am sorry but it is true :) MILE CYRUS ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On May 26th 2008, joe wrote:

i thinck zat mily is sow copying zat persunz song becus i hate mily and she has bad songz(im not sorry becus zis is what i thinck
On May 26th 2008, amanda wrote:

let’s not be stupid and pretend that little destiny hope could even manage to have anything to do with choosing her own songs
those songs aren’t really up to her at all
but enough parts of the song are too similar too ignore
plus lustra’s pretty fuckin tight so
if you’re going to steal their shit, disney, at least try to make it half good
i almost hope this lawsuit goes through just so i can laugh as daddy gets fucked over
i mean
i don’t really care though
On May 29th 2008, laurie wrote:

The parts that sound alike are too much alike to be a coincidence.
Lets not forget that the person… i am not sure if it was the writer, producer or someone else, is the same person that got in trouble for copyright infringement with Avril’s Girlfriend song. That is too hard to overlook!
On June 2nd 2008, jonathon weldon =) wrote:

look, you fuckers should leave this 15 yr old girl alone. shes doing her best with her life but most of her time/life goes to her shows or songs so shes entiltled to going out with her mates having a laugh a drink i know shes only 15 but we were young at one point just think about that please.
On June 9th 2008, Didi wrote:

She totally stole it. (or her stupid father did) they are really stupid. and i feel bad for her a little. Her father is using her to get famous because when he was a singer he only had one hit but it was a stupid song anyway. I mean, “Achy Brakey Heart??” wow. it was crap. and while I’m complaining those pictures of her and her father were sick. they were creepy. if any normal father did that with their daughter, he would be arrested. And I understand the pictures of her in her underwear and bikini. I take pics of myself in bikinis but i don’t put them out for the world to see. And you know they were purposely let out to the media by her or her family. But the pics of her rolling around on the ground almost making out with her friend were weird. you don’t do that with your friends. are you kidding me???
People need to remember that hollywood IS NOT REAL!!!! Their lives are dramatized and people manupulate them to a breaking point like britney spears and that is why her life was so messed up!!! Hollywood is not the real world and it is not normal. If we quit idolizing those celebrities and watching their every move, they might be able to get their personal lives straightened out!!!
thank you for listening!! Bye!!!
On June 10th 2008, Kayla_20 wrote:

You people are DEAF. From the moment I hard it I knew it was ripped off from Lustra. The lyrics have nothing to do with the similarities. It’s the tune playing in the background, the guitar riffs and what not. The song was totally ripped off from Lustra. And They aren’t taking legal action towards Miley Cyrus they are taking action towards Disney. Read The damn news. Lustra owns that song, and has been around far more longer then Miley. They have every right to go after Disney for this.
On July 9th 2008, Blur wrote:

“who’s next The Jonas Brothers?”

yep they just stole Maroon 5’s song….
On August 8th 2008, aash wrote:

miley u seriously rock…………….am a big fan of u r songs………..
On October 8th 2008, me wrote:

i heard the song on the disney channel and as soon as i heard it i was like was that scotty doesn’t know and i listened on and it was all hannah montana?
i looked it up straight away.
if you think about the guitar bit is the most important and heard bit, for the people that said “I say no there isn’t any similarity except for the guitar part!! So she actually didn’t copy!” or similar to that there complete idiots. and again yeah miley cyrus may have not written the song, but shouldn’t her ‘people’ of checked it out? and they didnt so yeah i’d say she is partly to blame.
On October 15th 2008, infringement wrote:

“miley u seriously rock…………….am a big fan of u r songs………..”

are you serious?
you honestly wrote a note to miley cyrus?
the girl who is too busy with the “hard” life to even care enough to read this

she would not read this if you posted on the hannah montana myspace page or whatever because she doesnt care enough

definitely ripped off Lustra though, i know she didnt write it because she isnt talented enough
On November 2nd 2008, Brittany wrote:

Honestly I think that the guitar part sounds the same and the beat of the verses and such, sound a bit of the same.

People shouldn’t worry too much about her music though. There’s far worse things she’s done.
On November 10th 2008, Fancy pants wrote:

This song stink worse than a diaper
On January 26th 2009, hamza wrote:

love you and your songs
On February 27th 2009, Rachel wrote:

Dude, I am just scandalized by the lyrics of Scotty Doesn’t Know and I wonder, are they really going to be ALLOWED perform in front of Cyrus’ fans? As in 2 year olds to 12 year olds (yes, that is the age range)?
On February 27th 2009, Rachel wrote:

From reading the previous comments, I don’t think that you guys know what plagerism is, do you?

It’s not, “oh, it’s just the guitar,” or “let’s let her off this time” but “Lustra-is-going-to-sue-the-life-out-of-Miley-and-the-show-Hannah-Montana-and-make-Miley-cry-herself-to-sleep-at-night.”

This is big. This is huge. This will on reputations and affect her future greatly.