(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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

At first I was like "WTF does an indie games site have to do with Funko?" then I Googled it...

Looks like they hosted a BUNCH of infringing games, so Funko, instead of doing the righteous thing and sending them a takedown request, just nuked the whole domain...

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] hono4kami@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago

the domain registrar never responded, what a fucking joke. time to switch