Itch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShield
Itch.io is an indie game storefront. Developers sell games, host game jams, and allow players to try new games. What happened? Itch.io got a bogus report of “fraud and phishing” from co…
This is completely unhinged, even for 2024.
That seems like pretty fucking cut and dry harassment. Guy didn't make any libellous claims.
I hope they can get a damn good lawyer with some help from EFF or something. Would love to see Funko get torn a new asshole over this, especially since he claims it wasn't even copyright infringing material but a fucking fan forum for an official funko branded game that got the site improperly flagged.
Disgusting company.
Anybody remember when they were writing off unsold dolls and hauling them straight to the landfill? That has to be a few years ago now.
Just cutting out the middle man on that garbage.
In a just world they would be able to sue for damages for the storefront not being up, but I doubt this will be possible in any good way.
will a domain registrar actually take down one page at a time instead of an entire domain? genuine question idk how Internet works
nope, it'd be at whole domain level, this was BrandShield being huge assholes
Domain registrars can't, as they don't manage pages - just domains.
Only domain admins (and possibly hosting companies, depending on architecture) can manage at a page level.
a domain registrar removing your name registration means that name doesn't go to where your site is anymore. It would be like a phone company disconnecting your number. People will call the number but not get to you. You will still have your phone (and maybe you are still reachable on a mobile because it uses wifi instead of the telco or something)
