This is typical American Wankerism, as Aussies (and many other nations) see it. No wonder Americans are in danger of not being liked.

We have besieged in Australia by US companies wasting time and money engaging in what most Aussies see as nothing but blackmail or extortion allowed by the legal system, sometime brought against companies who started before the US company.

I will never buy Monster Cables - They are much dearer than their competitor's anyway!