Mariah Carey Sued Again Over 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'

Source: Rolling Stone

CHRISTMAS CLASH

Mariah Carey Sued Again Over ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’

Country musician Andy Stone has revived his $20 million copyright infringement claim over Carey's holiday hit, alleging it shares the same title, lyrics, and composition as his 1989 song

BY NANCY DILLON
NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Mariah Carey’s monster holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is under legal fire again after a country singer refiled his $20 million copyright infringement lawsuit claiming he was iced out of proper credit.

Andy Stone defrosted his legal claim and filed it again Wednesday in federal court in Los Angeles after previously dismissing the case in federal court in New Orleans because Louisiana was the wrong venue, one of his lawyers tells Rolling Stone.

“If you look at both songs, you can see that about 50 percent of the words are the same, in almost the same order. I think it’s a pretty strong claim,” plaintiff’s lawyer Douglas M. Schmidt tells Rolling Stone.

He said attempts to settle the case with Carey, her co-songwriter Walter Afanasieff, and Sony ended without a resolution. So, his client is going back to court.

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