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Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by Hamuko »

seanthemon wrote: post #34
leafo wrote: post #31

I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…

man, this shit is ridiculous.. now we can't even make fan pages? Will you be moving away from this registrar? It seems like it could very easily be abused again.

Fan anything has always been at the mercy of the trademark owner.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by BrandiATMuhkuh »

jamil7 wrote: post #26
KingOfCoders wrote: post #10

"Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain" One registrar off the list of registrars you wanna use.

They used to be really good, independent registrar from New Zealand but I think got acquired sometime a few years ago and went down hill.

Yes that's true. Just yesterday I bought a new domain through them.

I'm surprised about their slowness. Again, 2 days ago I sent a request via their web-form and less than 24h later it was resolved.

Disclosure: I know the founder (Lenz).

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by kvdveer »

rf15 wrote: post #7

Brand Shield and other AI slopware needs to be sued to death for all the damage they cause, including their customer's reputation and bottom line

Of course the problem is that legally speaking, they don't cause any damage - service providers they target cause the damage. BS have no true authority over these service providers, just the threat of some legal claim. The service providers comply voluntarily as they don't want to spend time checking if the claim is valid.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by lmm »

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #23

Question to lawyers: is there a colorable lawsuit against Funko and/or Brand Shield if itch.io can demonstrate quantifiable lost revenue for those N days of being offline?

Given that this was apparently a false (and recklessly so, though that's going to be the hard part) report of fraud/phishing and not a DMCA takedown, yeah that sounds like tortious interference.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by antihero »

koito17 wrote: post #19
paxys wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

Personally use Porkbun since Namecheap's API is poorly-documented and they attempted a KYC audit for purchasing a $100 domain. I am fine with the identity verification, but their ticketing system seems to have sent all of my e-mail to their spam box, because they would never respond. I attempted opening tickets explaining the e-mail situation, but they wouldn't listen. In the end, I gave up and let them deactivate th…

Do porkbun have a terraform provider?

E: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cullenmcdermott/pork...

Not sure if it works though

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by antihero »

leafo wrote: post #31

I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…

Can you transfer the domain out?

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by leafo »

antihero wrote: post #46
leafo wrote: post #31

I'm the one running itch.io, so here's some more context for you: From what I can tell, some person made a fan page for an existing Funko Pop video game (Funko Fusion), with links to the official site and screenshots of the game. The BrandShield software is probably instructed to eradicate all "unauthorized" use of their trademark, so they sent reports independently to our host and registrar claiming there was "fraud…

Can you transfer the domain out?

Unfortunately the domain has a hold placed on it by the registrar, so I believe transferring is disabled. I also wouldn't want to risk doing a transfer at an hour when their staff aren't available to help with the current issue.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by KingOfCoders »

teitoklien wrote: post #25
KingOfCoders wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Namecheap has horrendous billing UI with their products, also not PDF so makes it hard for freelancers when you have many domains and your accounts want an PDF. Easiest is a registrar that mails you invoices in PDF.

their billing works just fine, i pay with it all the time. They support credit/debit cards, bitcoin, and Paypal. I went with Namecheap especially because of their seamless payment method, Used to struggle at times paying for my domains with Gandi, etc. Namecheap payment system works just fine.

Me: "Namecheap has horrendous billing UI"

You: "their billing works just fine" [then talking about payments, when I wasn't talking about payments but billing, "The process of sending an invoice (a bill) to customers for goods or services" -Wikipedia]

They have their billing for domains and products spread over several pages, there is not one place in the UI where they have all payments/billing combined, they don't have PDFs as I've stated and they don't sent invoices by email. Their billing UI is horrendous.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by kallistisoft »

paxys wrote: post #5
bpye wrote: post #4

The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

I've been using IONOS (formerly 1und1) for the last 20 years for all of my DNS and hosting needs and couldn't be happier. Their uptime, non-obtrusive policies, and customer support have all been top notch. Can't recommend enough.

As an example; I had a dedicated server that I was leasing that I wanted to upgrade, the sales tech noticed that the plan I was currently on had been retired/replaced and credited my account with difference of what I had payed vs the new payment tier which amounted to six months of billing on the upgraded server. You can't really put a price on that kind of honesty!

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by [deleted] »

paxys wrote: post #5
bpye wrote: post #4

The registrar in question is iwantmyname, so I guess you can add them to your "do not use" list.

I feel like it's better to have a "do use" list for something as important as a domain name registrar. - Namecheap - Cloudflare - Route 53 (if on AWS) Any others?

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