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Intellectual Property

Mar. 3, 2001

Napster Faces Major Labels' United Front

As Napster heads to court - again - today, the music industry has vowed to present itself a united front against its so-called enemy. Collectively, the five major-record-label plaintiffs have rejected the Redwood City-based company's settlement offer of $1 billion over five years and will take their chances with U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel.

By Brian Linwood McCarthy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        As Napster heads to court - again - today, the music industry has vowed to present itself a united front against its so-called enemy.
        Collectively, the five major-record-label plaintiffs have rejected the Redwood City...

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