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Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)
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Doesn't CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?

That's what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike.

Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever seen—which CrowdStrike blamed on a buggy security update that shut down systems and incited prolonged chaos in airports, hospitals, and businesses worldwide....

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[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I love this

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I am illiterate ignore me.

~~>Senk received a DMCA notice from Cloudflare's trust and safety team, which was then hosting the parody site.~~

~~Cloudflare sent themselves a DMCA takedown notice, instead of just taking down the content from their own web hosting for violating their policies. Weird.~~

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