> You know, until someone opportunistically sues you using a legal firm that costs the plaintiff nothing, and then you're out the cost of getting a lawyer and trying to defend
And that is exactly how it works in all EU jurisdictions (and indeed most of the world besides the US)[1]. This is a big reason the US is a far more litigious place than similarly developed countries.
Absolutely. As currently outlined, (big or legal) companies with any legal resources can harass regular people all day long. They can bring a million dollar suit and if you don't defend it, they get a default judgment, meaning they win by default. Defending it can cost a lot. It costs nearly nothing to file a lawsuit too. An example of this in action is the NRAA and patent trolls.
This has always been true, nothing has changed