More than two weeks have passed since Judge Kimba Wood’s ruling against the Lime Group. The RIAA is happy with the decision, as it means that Lime Wire may finally be out of action for good. The software has been at the center of music piracy accusations for many years now.

The Lime Group, however, are scrambling to keep things afloat and with good reason. The ruling finds the company and its founder Mark Gorton liable for copyright infringement; this means that they might have to dig really deep into their pockets to pay off hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The company’s lawyers scrambling to find ways to counter this ruling and on Wednesday a motion was filed asking the Judge to reverse the decision.

However, the RIAA is expected to counter this move by asking Judge Wood for an injunction at the hearing next week and then proceed get Lime Wire shut down. It is unlikely that the Lime Group will be able to slip out of this one. After all, there is a fair amount of damning evidence against them. For example in a poll conducted by the NPD Group, it was found that fifty eight percent of those who engage in music piracy use Lime Wire as their preferred means of downloading music.

The Lime Group hasn’t done itself any favors either. The company made decent amounts of money over the years, sometimes even as much as twenty million dollars, without sharing it with the music industry. This is one of the many reasons why the RIAA is hell-bent on going after the company and its software.