41.   An appeal was not an option.

42.   An appeal is automatic.

43.   An appeal is likely.

44.   Analysts expect the main appeal to be among consumers.

45.   And a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, a party to the lawsuit against Matrix, said this week that an appeal was likely.

46.   And appeals are complicated for even experienced lawyers.

47.   And as people, their appeal is surest.

48.   And if appeals to conscience are insufficient, the satellite companies are willing to pay a bounty for outlaw hardware used to receive U.S. signals.

49.   And once the military lawyers have ruled, there is no appeal to the courts, no judge, no lawsuit, no jury.

50.   And her appeal is broad enough to span generations.