Musician Andy Stone sued Mariah Carey for $US20 million ($AUD31 million) in a California court on Monday, alleging her popular holiday song All I Want For Christmas is You infringed on his copyright.
— in 1989. Stone accused Carey and her team of copying his song’s “compositional structure,” according to the complaint obtained by
Stone’s song charted on Billboard for years, and his band performed the song during an appearance at the White House in the spring of 1994 — the same year Carey’s song was released. has become a ubiquitous part of popular culture, and Carey’s name has become synonymous with the season.”
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