Andy Dingley devils us with:

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:58:54 -0500, Brian wrote:

Such a sad state the American legal system is in that these things --
which IMO are in some cases out-and-out extortion, and in all cases
flagrant abuse of the legal system -- are allowed to continue.

Playing Devil's Avocado for a moment...

Monster Cable have a legal duty to do this, as the law permits them to
issue these vexatious suits and their duty to their shareholders
requires them to extort money from all possible avenues. Don't blame
Monster for this, blame the unholy mess that is the US legal system.

The suits are bad and wrong. But they're perfectly legal, and if you
don't have a court system that will reject them out of hand, them
Monster are just acting in a way that's being positively encouraged.


For a UK version of this, take a look at "EasyJet" and the owner's
ferocious pursuit of Easy* names

Well, hell. I'm gonna start a suit, nail everyone who uses my name in their
business. Start with Self magazine, I guess and motivate from there.

Charlie Self
"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above
that which is expected." George W. Bush