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Law Practice

Sep. 26, 2001

Napster Forges Settlement Pact of $24 Million

LOS ANGELES - Embattled file-sharing company Napster Inc. is one step closer to ending its legal woes. On Monday, the Redwood City-based company brokered a deal with songwriters and music publishers through its representing bodies, Music Publishers' Association, The Harry Fox Agency and The Songwriters Guild of America Inc. Song publishers and writers sued Napster in 2000, asserting that the free trading of music files violated copyright laws.

By Marisa Navarro
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Embattled file-sharing company Napster Inc. is one step closer to ending its legal woes.
        On Monday, the Redwood City-based company brokered a deal...

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