The pop star is being sued for $20 million over copyright infringement for her mega-Christmas hit “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
is being sued for $20 million over alleged copyright infringement for her mega-hit holiday song.”
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. 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.
