Talk:Just Dance 2017/@comment-24264457-20161129001903/@comment-1465604-20161129143650

Creating a cover version does not give you carte blanche to use it however you want. That's not how copyright works. They still need Mariah Carey's (or whoever owns the rights to Mimi's songs. I'm assuming it's her because she's so huge she can ask for a room full of kittens at every interview and people would appease her) written permission to use it for Just Dance.

So using a cover version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in Just Dance is a two-fold process: First, getting the rights to even record a cover to begin with and then getting the rights to include it on "Just Dance" (or they can negotitiate both at the same time).

Being generous with allowing people to record cover versions of your songs also does not always translate into being generous with allowing your songs to be used in other media. A lot of artists do not want their songs used in videogames, for whatever reason.

We can only assume that the lack of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in the series thus far despite a finished product that isn't riddled with errors (like "Itty Bitty...", what with the constantly colour changing glove and all) is due to Mariah Carey changing her mind or Ubisoft thinking they could secure the rights when the never had them to begin with since otherwise, Ubisoft would just release it already. It's finished, after all.

So either Mimi's asking for tons of money or she doesn't want it in Just Dance, as is her right. We can only speculate as to why, but let's not keep hope alive that she's magically change her mind after 3 years.