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itch.io was taken down by Funko because of some automated brand protection service (bsky.app)
submitted 2 weeks ago by recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22933264

https://bsky.app/profile/itch.io/post/3lcu6h465bs2n

(From the official itch account on Bluesky) I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

(Continuation via Twitter) Also, for transparency, we did take the disputed page down as soon as we got the notice because it's not worth fighting stuff like that. Regardless, our registrar's automated system likely kicked to disable the domain since no one read our confirmation of removal

you can't make this up

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[-] donuts@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

And Funko as well as BrandShield are getting trashed on both platforms.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

When was this? itch.io is up for me...

[-] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 2 weeks ago

few hours ago, it was down for a while.

this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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