itch.io (@itch.io)
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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

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

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Unmonitored automated systems can do a lot of damage.

      Although maybe register important business domains with an actual large company you’ve heard of and not “iwantmyname”.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It seems like it was a DMCA takedown request. Anyone can submit these to content hosters and the hoster has to follow the process, which typically means removing the content until it can be proven that it isnt violating copyright. The problem isn’t the takedown request, but that it was given to itch.io’s registrar instead of itch.io itself. It’d be like asking to takedown youtube from the web because someone reposted your video on it.

    • Baggie@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It’s mainly a failure on the part of the register, if it’s automatically banning websites based on number of reports there’s a strong possibility this is going to keep happening, potentially for nefarious reasons.

      This actually does happen a bit from time to time, it’s a bit of a weak point in the internet infrastructure.

      • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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        3 days ago

        It’s definitely a huge failure on the registrar part, but I wouldn’t say “mainly”, because it makes it sound like it’s normal for a company to send random blanket claims in all directions just in case something sticks.

        I’m sure it’s not what you meant, but there definitely needs to be some sort of penalty for bad actors (including mass unsupervised automated claims).