DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Starting Friday, Napster users planning to download music through their Web site will most likely hear the sounds of silence, and we're not talking about the Simon and Garfunkel hit.</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: A federal judge has granted the music industry's request and has temporarily stopped the site from providing access to most of its music. Casey Wian reports.</s>CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Napster's plans to revolutionize the way consumers get music hit a sour note as federal Judge Marilyn Patel granted the recording industry's request for a temporary injunction, wiping out nearly 90 percent of the music on its Web site. Napster's attorneys say the music-swapping Web site will have a difficult time complying with the order.</s>DAVID BOIES, NAPSTER ATTORNEY: Napster could continue if there were a practical way of trying to comply with the judge's injunction. The problem that we are confronted with is, as she recognized, what she has ordered Napster to do is to eliminate any ability of Napster users to copy an unknown set of songs.</s>WIAN: Record companies sought the injunction based on their claims that Napster assists in music piracy, costing their industry an estimated $300 million so far.</s>JONATHAN ROSENUER, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS: Well, I think the decision was probably the correct one, it substantiates a line of decisions the courts have had over what would be a fair use or not of copyrighted material.</s>WIAN: The judge gave little weight to Napster's arguments that its software can be used legally, that no one is profiting from Napster, and that the record industry itself was to blame for not making its music piracy proof. (on camera): Recently, Napster executives have indicated a willingness to settle with the record industry, but Napster's lawyer says he thinks a settlement is unlikely because record companies don't want the competition on-line. Casey Wian, CNN Financial News, San Francisco.
Judge Orders the Sounds of Silence on Napster