MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A federal appeals court granted a stay against a preliminary injunction that would have shut down Napster, an online music sharing service. Before the stay, thousands of Napster users signed an electronic petition vowing not to buy music unless the Recording Industry Association of America drops its lawsuit against Napster. CNN's Rusty Dornin picks up the story from there.</s>RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When it comes to swapping music, there's no swan song for Napster, at least not yet. A San Francisco federal appeals court postponed an injunction that would have turned off the tunes on the Web site.</s>DAVID BOIES, NAPSTER ATTORNEY: What this means is that Napster will be able to continue to service its 20 million users until the court of appeals has made a final decision.</s>DORNIN: The reprieve gives the appeals court judges more time to consider written and oral arguments. Attorneys for the recording industry who filed the suit say they are frustrated, but not worried. They believe that their arguments that Napster committed copyright infringement will stand and it's likely the same judge who issued the temporary injunction would preside over a trial.</s>JEFF KNOWLES, MUSIC INDUSTRY ATTORNEY: And I'm sure that her decision ultimately would be the same because it isn't a close case. This is just not a close case. This is, in fact, the largest case of, largest scale of copyright infringement in history.</s>DORNIN: Both sides must give the court arguments in writing by mid-September, but it looks like those who want to tap into tunes for free will be able to do so at least temporarily. Rusty Dornin, CNN, San Francisco.
Appeals Court Stays Napster Injunction