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Napster hearing set for March 2

Napster and the major record labels are heading into the courtroom again. A hearing to decide the fate of the online music file-swapping service is scheduled for March 2 at 10 a.m. PST before Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Last week, a panel of appeals judges stopped short of shutting down Napster, telling Patel to create a narrower ruling that would still require the service to block the trading of copyrighted music. The judges also warned that Napster could be liable for huge financial damages.

Napster and the major record labels are heading into the courtroom again. A hearing to decide the fate of the online music file-swapping service is scheduled for March 2 at 10 a.m. PST before Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Last week, a panel of appeals judges of shutting down Napster, telling Patel to create a narrower ruling that would still require the service to block the trading of copyrighted music. The judges also warned that Napster could be liable for huge financial damages.