US EditionMariah Carey Wins Copyright Lawsuit Over “All I Want For Christmas”
- A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' from other songwriters, granting her summary judgment without a trial.
- Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani stated that the plaintiffs did not show substantial similarity between the songs and ordered sanctions against them for filing a frivolous lawsuit.
- Songwriters Andy Stone and Troy Powers alleged a $20 million copyright infringement regarding Carey's 1994 song, which has gained even more popularity in recent years.
- Judge Ramírez Almadani granted Carey's request for summary judgment, allowing a victory without a trial, and ordered sanctions against the plaintiffs' attorneys.
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Mariah Carey Did Not Copy Her Christmas Hit From Another Song, Judge Rules
“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the perennial hit song by Mariah Carey that has become a holiday ear worm for the ages, was not stolen from other songwriters, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled this week. In addition to dismissing the music copyright case, the judge, Mónica Ramírez Almadani, ordered the two songwriters who filed the lawsuit to pay at least part of the lawyers’ fees for Ms. Carey and Walter Afanasieff, her co-writer and a co…
Mariah Carey Wins Copyright Case Over Christmas Hit
Mariah Carey’s festive song All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of the bestselling Yuletide tracks of the last 30 years. Now she has been cleared of any copyright infringement in a US court ruling made Wednesday. BBC News reports that songwriter Adam Stone alleged that Carey, who released her song in 1994, “exploited his popularity and style” after his song with the same name was released five years before, recorded under his performing n…
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