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Mariah Carey wins copyright case over Christmas hit

Carey was accused of copying another song. A judge says all they shared was "Christmas cliches".

Judge Almandi also ruled that Mr Stone and his lawyers should face sanctions for filing "frivolous" arguments, that included "vague... and incomprehensible mixtures of factual assertions and conclusions, subjective opinions, and other irrelevant evidence". In court papers, he claimed his track had received "extensive airplay" during the 1993 holiday season - a year before Carey's song was recorded and released. In her 2020 memoir, Carey said she had composed "most of the song on a cheap little Casio keyboard", while playing the movie It's A Wonderful Life for inspiration, before completing it in the studio with her co-writer Walter Afanasieff.

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