It's a good day for the Queen of Christmas. Federal judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani dismissed country singer Vince Vance's copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey for "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

Vance, of the appropriately-named band Vince Vance & the Valiants, first sued Carey in 2022 on the grounds of copyright infringement.

In 1989, Vance released a Christmas song also titled "All I Want For Christmas Is You". He accused Carey of copying the "style" and "compositional structure" of his track, and he argued that Carey took advantage of the song's "popularity." According to Vance, the Songbird Supreme "palmed off these works with her incredulous origin story, as if those works were her own." Vance, whose real name is Andy Stone, first sued Carey in 2022 over the same copyright infringement. The original case was dropped later that year. He filed again in November of 2023.

Citing the evidence of a musicologist, the judge dismissed the case, called Vance and his lawyers' conduct "egregious," and ordered them to pay for Carey's legal bills incurred while defending the case. New York University professor of music Lawrence Ferrara testified that the two songs are "very different" and "the only element of similarity is the use of a common lyrical idea and Christmas song clichés that were in common use." Dr. Ferrara has been a music copyright consultant for more than twenty five years.

Rest assured, we can continue to belt Carey's Christmas anthem for years to come, without worrying about infringing on Vince Vance's copyright.