Miley Cyrus has hit back at accusations she ripped off a Los Angeles band’s song - because she doesn’t write any of her own music.

Los Angeles band Lustra fired claims Cyrus’ song Rockstar is a carbon copy of their Scotty Doesn’t Know tune on Wednesday.

The band - whose track appeared on the soundtrack to 2004 movie Eurotrip - was alerted to Cyrus’ song-similarities by fans, and has since determined the tunes are virtually the same, despite mismatching lyrics.

A spokesperson for Cyrus insists, “She doesn’t write the songs - she sings them. We have referred this to Disney.”

According to The New York Post, the band “is considering various options to rectify this situation”.

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Miley Cyrus has come to the defense of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears - insisting it’s “normal” for young stars to run wild.

The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star, who has come under fire for a set of racy photos published in Vanity Fair last month, is adamant the pair have “good hearts”.

Cyrus says, “Everyone has their time. And I think most 21- to 25-year-olds go through this kind of thing. Basically, they’re being normal 21-year-olds, especially Lindsay (Lohan). I mean, most of that’s pretty normal. If you went to most high schools, I could point out Britneys (Spears) and Lindsays. I guess that’s why I’m so adamant about the Britneys and Lindsays and whatever, because I know those people and I know they have good hearts and they’re just struggling.”

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The audience for Sunday’s new episode of the Disney Channel phenom fell 14% from the previous fresh episode, which aired just under two months earlier, according to the Nielsen Company.

Compared to the first original show of the year, which aired in January, viewership for Sunday’s show was down 26%.

That suggests the hubbub over series star Miley Cyrus’ questionable photos in Vanity Fair neither helped nor hurt with viewership. Rather, “Hannah” was on a decline before the photo dustup.

An estimated 3.1 million viewers tuned in for “Hannah’s” 7p.m. Sunday edition, which aired out of the network’s usual pattern for fresh episodes.

As with most Disney Channel shows that get hot, Disney programmers are faced with having a limited number of original episodes they need to be spread out over a long period. So, while the show airs multiple times over the course of a week, the time between new episodes can be very long.

There’s also been a decline in the overall audience for the show’s reruns.

But just yesterday, Bob Iger, Disney’s president and chief executive officer, said: “With a new season of shows coming up, a new record in July and a theatrical film next year, the ‘Hannah Montana’/Miley Cyrus franchise is incredibly robust.”

Experience shows that kid franchises such as “Hannah” that hit the rare white-hot phase are good for roughly 18 months, then start to fade.

“Hannah Montana” had been the top-rated show with young viewers the past two seasons, but because of the slow rollout this year, the heat has moved to the “Wizards of Waverly Place,” starring Selena Gomez (who has appeared on “Hannah”), which now holds the slot as Disney’s top show.

Despite the declines, “Hannah” merchandise still sells well. For instance, Wal-Mart has created areas just for “Hannah” items. Also, production began yesterday on the “Hannah Montana” feature film.

“‘Hannah Montana’ kicked off as the highest-rated cable premiere series ever among kids and tweens, held the No. 1 rank across all TV, second only to ‘American Idol’ [in that age group] for two years, and is now a global hit,” said Gary Marsh, president, entertainment, Disney Channels Worldwide.

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Miley Cyrus prefers to cover up when it comes to fashion - despite recently posing half naked for a Vanity Fair magazine shoot.

The Hannah Montana star sparked controversy in the U.S. when the candid snaps - which show Cyrus posing bare-backed, wrapped in a satin sheet - emerged online, forcing the 15-year-old to issue an apology over the controversial Annie Leibovitz photos.

But she insists she is nothing like that in real life, and likes to wear more “modest” fashion choices when she’s out and about.

She says, “All the clothes - all the short skirts and all that stuff - my mom would never in a million years let me leave the house like that. So I think that a really cool thing that everyone’s doing now is layering, just to keep yourself modest and cute. My aunt got me a shirt that says, ‘Modest is Hottest’ which is totally true.”

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Advertising experts disagree about whether Miley Cyrus hurt her “ability to influence brand affinity” by appearing in Vanity Fair magazine in poses that critics have described as suggestive and scandalous.

David Weisswasser, head of Platinum Rye, which provides celebrity talent for top ad agencies, told Advertising Age that he though the photos were “rather tame” and were intended to help Cyrus make the transition for “pop tart” to artist.

However, Jason Michelotti of Davie Brown Talent in Portland, OR, said that while her fans probably think the Vanity Fair spread is no big deal, “their parents think it’s a big deal, and that’s why advertisers are likely to be concerned.”

And Mike Sitrick, whose PR firm advised Paris Hilton after she was jailed, told AdAge that he would advise Cyrus’s parents to “go on the attack. … I mean, she exposed no more of her body than would be seen in most junior prom dresses or even bathing suits.”

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Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus is too busy to have a serious boyfriend, and insists her life in the spotlight is “too much to handle” for any potential suitors.

The Start All Over star - who has been linked to fellow teen singer Nick Jonas, the youngest of the Jonas Brothers - admits her hectic lifestyle has ruined any chance of a love life right now, although she prefers to be the elusive girl “no one can get”.

She says, “I think I’m too much to handle right now. There’s so much going on in my life at the moment with travelling and there’s always cameras following me - all that kind of stuff. I don’t think it’s great for dating anyone. There are guys I like to hang out with, but I like to be the girl who no one can get. I think that’s always hotter anyway. It’s much more attractive to be the person everyone talks about.”

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