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title: Napster must pay up
date: "2001-02-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1878
description: A court ruling mandates that Napster must pay royalties to record labels, marking a pivotal moment in the legal battle over peer-to-peer file sharing and the future of digital music distribution and copyright enforcement.
keywords: [napster, copyright, p2p, file sharing, digital music, record labels]
---

[Napster must pay](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4774158-0.html?tag=tp_pr).