Mariah Carey won a victory in court, the artist’s play does not violate the copyright of a country song with the same title.
Mariah Carey, known for the hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You”. Photo: Profimedia
Mariah Carey won a court victory in a trial in which she was accused of having copied elements from a country song called “All I Want for Christmas Is You”. The Los Angeles court rejected the accusations, establishing that the pieces are not similar enough to justify a copyright violation, according to Reuters.
The decision was taken on Wednesday by Judge Monica Almadani, who established that the songs are not similar enough so that the jury set a copyright rape by Mariah Carey, mentioning differences in the melodic line, lyrics and other musical elements.
The song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” of the band Vince Vance and the Valiants was launched in 1989 and has experienced success in the country tops. In contrast, the version sung by Mariah Carey, published in 1994 on the album Merry Christmas, became a true symbol of the winter holidays, reaching annually, in 2019, in the first place in the top Billboard Hot 100.
Andy Stone (known as Vince Vance) and the composer Troy Powers filed a trial in 2023, demanding damages of at least $ 20 million. They claimed that Mariah Carey would have copied them “The extended comparison between the loved person and the trap of seasonal luxury ”along with other lyrical and melodic elements.
In his defense, Mariah Carey declared last year that his song is “completely different“, And the common elements invoked – such as”Snow, mist, gifts under the Christmas tree and the desire to be with the Christmas loved person” – are found in numerous Christmas songs.
Judge Almadani not only rejected the accusations, but also ordered the applicants to bear some of the artist’s costs, considering that many of their accusations were “a litany of irrelevant and unsupported statements by facts”.
