When a large multinational corporation sues an individual who cannot possibly have the financial resources to fight back for the express purpose to "make an example of him/her" but is hoping to intimidate the public into being sheep.
This is a tactic used recently by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to stop song sharing on {P2P} sites such as {kazaa} but in reality is trying to control the definition of "copyright" by lobbying congress to abide by the rules they set and then sue individual persons to enforce their rules.
This is a tactic used recently by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to stop song sharing on {P2P} sites such as {kazaa} but in reality is trying to control the definition of "copyright" by lobbying congress to abide by the rules they set and then sue individual persons to enforce their rules.
The RIAA recently won a lawsuit against a Native American woman on a reservation to the tune of $220,000 for 24 songs they allege she shared on Kazaa. They did not have to prove that she actually shared the files, they prove that she intended to share them.
Satisfied, the lawyers then said "this should send a message to the public."
This was a clear cut case of bully-suing.
Satisfied, the lawyers then said "this should send a message to the public."
This was a clear cut case of bully-suing.
by Astor G. October 25, 2007
Get the bully-suingmug. by Astor G. October 25, 2007
Get the bikini beardmug. A person who is in a permanent state of being offended because of {political correctness.} No matter what others say or do, they will find a reason to pounce on them for use of a word they don't like. The other party finds they have to walk on eggshells around them.
The guy who used the word niggardly to describe someone who is miserly and he was asked to leave his job by pressure from the perma-offended.
by Astor G. January 02, 2008
Get the perma-offendedmug. Someone who looks up a word or a fact on a search engine, such as {Google}, looks at a few articles or definitions, mostly on {Wikipedia}, and decides they now know everything about it.
Person one: "Whoa. So now Jason started an argument with me about which of the American Presidents are the best and worst. Yesterday, he didn't know anything about them."
Person two: "He {Googled} them, obviously."
Person one: "you're right. He's become an instant expert."
Person two: "He {Googled} them, obviously."
Person one: "you're right. He's become an instant expert."
by Astor G. February 28, 2008
Get the instant expertmug. Somebody who does an internet search on a word, a religion, a person, etc., on Wikipedia and a few other sites at the top of the Google list and decides they know everything the need to in order to win their argument.
Person one: "Who, Jason just blistered me with his list of who are the best and worst American Presidents."
Person two: "Yesterday, he didn't know anything about them."
Person one: "Yeah, well, today, he's become an instant expert.
Person two: "Yesterday, he didn't know anything about them."
Person one: "Yeah, well, today, he's become an instant expert.
by Astor G. February 20, 2008
Get the instant expertmug. 1. A person who poses as a member of a group but are doing so just to mess with their heads for the fun of it.
2. A person who poses as a member of a group in order to prey on them, argue, preach, or cause discord.
2. A person who poses as a member of a group in order to prey on them, argue, preach, or cause discord.
That guy I thought was someone in my class ended up being a 45 year old creep from another state. He mede me think all my friends were gossiping behind my back. He was an infil-traitor!
I found out that the guy who joined our pagan group was really a Christian fundamentalist arguing for Jesus's love. Right like I need to hear that. What an infil-traitor
I found out that the guy who joined our pagan group was really a Christian fundamentalist arguing for Jesus's love. Right like I need to hear that. What an infil-traitor
by Astor G. November 26, 2007
Get the infil-traitormug. A hard-core member of the Religious Right. generally obsessively preaching the Word, telling you you're going to hell and has no tolerance for difference.
Pat Robertson is a fundamentalcase, plain and simple. Don't you get tired of hearing that every natural disaster is caused by gays, feminists, pagans and liberals?
by Astor G. November 26, 2007
Get the fundamentalcasemug.