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The jury in Jammie Thomas-Rasset's filesharing trial this week found the defendant guilty of downloading 24 songs from Kazaa, and hit her with a $1.92 million fine — or $80,000 per song.

But The Inquirer's Egan Orion says this is just the beginning. "This trial was merely the prologue for the real battle, which we believe will be played out in the appellate courts," he writes. "Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers are, we think, playing a long game, and we'll see how that all works out, over several more years."

The most amazing thing about the judgement, according to MTV.com's Kyle Anderson, is that the list of songs she downloaded includes such selections as "Guns N' Roses' 'Welcome to the Jungle,' Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' and Green Day's 'Basket Case.' I took a look at this list and thought, 'Has anybody who has downloaded music not sucked down those songs?' When you consider that Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' — one of the most downloaded songs in the history of digital music — was also on there, it kicks the percentage up even further..."

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