{"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":"
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