Two years ago songwriter Andy Stone filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Mariah Carey accusing her of copying elements of his 1990 Christmas song "All I Want for Christmas is You," for her 1994 Christmas song of the same name [click here if you missed that].
The case has been dismissed...
From Variety
Mariah Carey scored a decisive victory over a 2023 copyright lawsuit from a songwriter who claimed that she stole elements from one of his songs for her classic hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Yesterday, a judge dismissed the copyright suit initially filed by Andy Stone, who performs as Vince Vance, stating that he hadn’t met the burden of proof to show that his 1989 song of the same name was copied. Additionally, the judge imposed sanctions for Vance to cover some or all of Carey’s attorneys’ fees as punishment for incurring “needless expenses responding to frivolous legal arguments and unsupported factual contentions.”
Stone had initially filed the suit with Troy Powers in 2023, alleging they wrote their song of the same name in 1988. They claimed it became a country hit and received “extensive seasonal airplay” in 1993. Stone said that Carey “undoubtedly had access” to his song “given its wide commercial and cultural success,” and was seeking at least $20 million in damages.
However, the federal judge determined through musicologist analysis that the songs were “very different” and that the only similar element between them is the “use of a common lyrical idea and Christmas song clichés that were in common use prior to [Vance].”
3 comments:
Ha! I didn't expect to recognize the other song. The only thing they have in common is the name.
That was a hard reach. He needed a pay day. You are not going to win over Ms MC.
These songs sound nothing alike.
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