Mariah Carey wins copyright lawsuit over 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'

March 20 (Reuters) - Pop singer Mariah Carey defeated a lawsuit claiming she illegally copied elements of her holiday megahit "All I Want for Christmas Is You" from a country song of the same name. U.S. District Judge Monica Almadani in Los Angeles in a ruling, opens new tab on Wednesday said the writers of Vince Vance and the Valiants' "All I Want for Christmas Is You" failed to show their song was objectively similar enough to Carey's to support their copyright infringement case. Attorneys for the songwriters, lawyers for Carey and spokespeople for her label, Sony Music (6758.T), opens...