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Music fans have until early Tuesday to register for their $5 to $20 share of a settlement involving major U.S. record distributors and retailers.

All U.S. residents who purchased at least one compact disc, cassette or album between 1995 and 2000 can register online for a piece of the $44 million class-action settlement.

The latest figures indicate 2.8 million people had signed up on the Web.

That represents a fraction of Americans who bought music during the late 1990s. Figures from the Recording Industry Association of America show that 4.98 billion CDs were sold in the United States between 1995 and 2000.