{"id":37425,"date":"2022-06-05T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T08:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mariah-carey-sued-over-copyright-on-mega-hit-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T08:31:05","slug":"mariah-carey-sued-over-copyright-on-mega-hit-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mariah-carey-sued-over-copyright-on-mega-hit-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey sued over copyright on mega-hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mariah Carey<\/span> is being sued for $ 20 million over alleged copyright infringement for her mega-hit holiday song “All I Want for Christmas is You<\/span>. ” <\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter Andy Stone, known artistically as Vince Vance and the Valiants, filed a civil lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday against Carey, song co-writer Walter Afanasieff and the Sony music group over alleged “copyright infringement and unjust enrichment” among other reasons, over a song he wrote with the same title five years before Carey’s hit was released. <\/p>\n

The court filing describes Stone as a self-employed artist who earns his livelihood in the business of performing, selling and licensing his copyrighted music. <\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 15: Mariah Carey performs onstage during her “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tour at Madison Square Garden on December 15, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur \/ Getty Images for MC)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stone, who co-wrote and recorded the song in Nashville in 1989, claims his version of the song received “extensive airplay” during the 1993 Christmas season and even began making appearances on the Billboard music charts. <\/p>\n