The co-writer behind Mariah Carey’s festive hit “All I Want for Christmas is You” has claimed her story about the song is a “tall tale”.
Producer Walter Afanasieff discussed the beloved holiday tune during Thursday’s (22 December) episode of the Hot Takes & Deep Dives podcast.
Speaking to host Jess Rothschild, Afanasieff claimed that he and Carey were “on the same page” about how to write the song. However, it wasn’t until 10 years ago that an “alternate story” was shared about the songwriting process.
“When she started to hint at the fact that, ‘Oh, I wrote that song when I was a little girl!’ But why weren’t you saying that for 12 or 13 or 15 years prior to that?” he said on the podcast. “So it just sort of developed in her mind.”
Over the years, Carey has claimed to have come up with the concept of the song when she was a child.
Producer Walter Afanasieff discussed the beloved holiday tune during Thursday’s (22 December) episode of the Hot Takes & Deep Dives podcast.
Speaking to host Jess Rothschild, Afanasieff claimed that he and Carey were “on the same page” about how to write the song. However, it wasn’t until 10 years ago that an “alternate story” was shared about the songwriting process.
“When she started to hint at the fact that, ‘Oh, I wrote that song when I was a little girl!’ But why weren’t you saying that for 12 or 13 or 15 years prior to that?” he said on the podcast. “So it just sort of developed in her mind.”
Over the years, Carey has claimed to have come up with the concept of the song when she was a child.
- 12/24/2022
- by Amber Raiken
- The Independent - Music
Just in time for the holidays, the copyright infringement case against Mariah Carey over "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been dropped. Over the summer, Carey was sued by a country music songwriter for alleged copyright infringement over her 1994 classic. The songwriter in question is Andy Stone, who claimed his 1989 Christmas song of the same name, by Vince Vance & the Valiants, was infringed upon by Carey's track. However, on Nov. 1, Stone dropped the charges and pulled the lawsuit, Rolling Stone reported.
Per Deadline, Stone first filed his suit on June 3 in the US District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He named both Carey and her cowriter, Walter Afanasieff, in the lawsuit and sought out 20 million in damages.
However, at the time, Pamela Koslyn, a Los Angeles attorney who specializes in intellectual property rights and music, explained to Deadline why Stone's case was never likely to go very far.
Per Deadline, Stone first filed his suit on June 3 in the US District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He named both Carey and her cowriter, Walter Afanasieff, in the lawsuit and sought out 20 million in damages.
However, at the time, Pamela Koslyn, a Los Angeles attorney who specializes in intellectual property rights and music, explained to Deadline why Stone's case was never likely to go very far.
- 11/3/2022
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
Perfectly timed for the start of the holiday season, Mariah Carey is no longer facing a lawsuit over her holiday classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, plaintiff Andy Stone filed to dismiss his case against Carey “in its entirety, without prejudice” (meaning the case can be brought again). The documents were fittingly filed on Tuesday, Nov. 1, the day after Halloween, which everyone on the internet — including Carey — has deemed the official start of “All I Want for Christmas” season.
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According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, plaintiff Andy Stone filed to dismiss his case against Carey “in its entirety, without prejudice” (meaning the case can be brought again). The documents were fittingly filed on Tuesday, Nov. 1, the day after Halloween, which everyone on the internet — including Carey — has deemed the official start of “All I Want for Christmas” season.
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- 11/2/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
New Delhi, Oct 11 (Ians) Meta (formerly Facebook) Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen on Tuesday slammed The Wire for publishing two stories, which, according to Rosen, were “outlandish and riddled with falsities”.
Rosen, in a Twitter thread, said that he wanted to set the record straight about two stories run this week by The Wire “with untrue claims about Meta’s content moderation operations and processes”.
“These stories are fabrications. The stories are simply incorrect about the cross-check programme, which was built to prevent potential over-enforcement mistakes. It has nothing to do with the ability to report posts, as alleged in the article,” he posted.
The Wire on October 10 published an article titled “If Bjp’s Amit Malviya Reports Your Post, Instagram Will Take It Down — No Questions Asked”.
The article alleged that Bjp’s Malviya is an all-powerful individual who can get any social media post on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram down.
Rosen, in a Twitter thread, said that he wanted to set the record straight about two stories run this week by The Wire “with untrue claims about Meta’s content moderation operations and processes”.
“These stories are fabrications. The stories are simply incorrect about the cross-check programme, which was built to prevent potential over-enforcement mistakes. It has nothing to do with the ability to report posts, as alleged in the article,” he posted.
The Wire on October 10 published an article titled “If Bjp’s Amit Malviya Reports Your Post, Instagram Will Take It Down — No Questions Asked”.
The article alleged that Bjp’s Malviya is an all-powerful individual who can get any social media post on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram down.
- 10/11/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Earlier this week, a Nebraska teenager was charged with removing, concealing, or abandoning a dead human body and concealing the death of another person because she allegedly self-managed an abortion while 23 weeks pregnant. Nebraska outlaws abortions after 20 weeks.
Instrumental in her case is a series of Facebook DMs between her and her mother—who’s also being charged—that allegedly detail the abortion.
How did police get ahold of her DMs?
Simple: Facebook handed them over.
A statement from Meta on this case.
“Nothing in the valid warrants we received from local law enforcement in early June, prior to the Supreme Court decision, mentioned abortion. https://t.co/GNzdMP692H
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) August 10, 2022
Now, in a new company blog post, Facebook parent Meta says it’s “working hard to protect your personal messages and calls with end-to-end encryption by default on Messenger and Instagram.”
For those unfamiliar, end-to-end encryption...
Instrumental in her case is a series of Facebook DMs between her and her mother—who’s also being charged—that allegedly detail the abortion.
How did police get ahold of her DMs?
Simple: Facebook handed them over.
A statement from Meta on this case.
“Nothing in the valid warrants we received from local law enforcement in early June, prior to the Supreme Court decision, mentioned abortion. https://t.co/GNzdMP692H
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) August 10, 2022
Now, in a new company blog post, Facebook parent Meta says it’s “working hard to protect your personal messages and calls with end-to-end encryption by default on Messenger and Instagram.”
For those unfamiliar, end-to-end encryption...
- 8/12/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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