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Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by trissi1996 »

tucnak wrote: post #8
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?

Gandi?

They hiked prices massively so I wanted to transfer away, it was a massive shitshow.

Auth-codes given on the website were expired and they took 2 weeks to give me the correct ones near the end of the registry period.

Support was extremely unresponsive. As this this was a side project I couldn't spent time on every day my domain went into quarantine for a short time. They answered 2 days before the end of the rental period, when requesting the auth codes ~2.5 weeks before.

Will never use them again after this experience.

Porkbun is my new home for most stuff and domains.lt for .lt which porkbun doesn't offer yet sadly.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by sebmellen »

TurtleStacker wrote: post #30
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?

INWX

INWX is really great and they also support just about every TLD.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by PostOnce »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #39
seanthemon wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

After this, everyone will be moving away from this registrar...

Not only that, I'm moving a domain to a local registrar so I can get legal redress here if I need to.

Not from iwantmyname, never heard of them, but of course now that I have, I couldn't do business with them in light of the situation.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

zo1 wrote: post #52
juped wrote: post #14

Everyone involved in this is terrible except itch.io; it's a shame litigation, the available method for redressing this, is often avoided due to the high expense.

As a naive and new adult entering the world, I would have assumed that all you need to do is report this to your police/government, and they'll start a case, preliminarily determine that "Yeah, some sort of fraud happened" and then proceed to start a court case against the accused party so that a jury/judge can determine it's validity. The fact that lawyers and the "lawyer system", in conjunction with prosecutorial o…

It's very unlikely that anything criminal has happened here, so government is irrelevant. I'm not even sure we're seeing any malevolence, just rank incompetence.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by input_sh »

NetOpWibby wrote: post #36
jarofgreen wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were sold to another company a year or two ago and now some people are a bit wary

I've noticed that Gandi has become SUPER expensive as opposed to Hover lately as well. I'm just letting domains expire instead.

One of my domains on Gandi was up for renewal. I've noticed they charged ~$140, while Namecheap charged ~$35. Easiest transfer decision I've ever made.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by spondyl »

duggan wrote: post #57
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…

iwantmyname was bought out by a conglomerate, “Team Internet[1]”, a few years ago. Prices went up, service went down. I’d recommend moving your domains when you can (Porkbun have been good, though I haven’t had any incidents like this). Best of luck! 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Internet

Oh damn, I didn't know this!

I've used their services for ages and even got to briefly meet the founders once in Wellington who gave a talk on Erlang.

Ah well, while it sucks that the good times may be over, I'm glad the founders got their exit :)

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by jeroenhd »

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.

Some companies have always been terrible about this. Fan projects involving companies like Nintendo or Take Two Interactive (GTA) are like lawyer bait. Disney has hired lawyers to sue a daycare center that had (clearly unofficial) character art painted on the walls. It's dystopic, but it's the world we live in.

I didn't really expect Funko or 10:10 Games to be like that, but then again I didn't expect anyone would like Funko enough to make a fan page about their dolls.

Other companies allow fans to do pretty much whatever you want with their IP as long as you don't turn it into (too much of) a business. Sega has even hired a fan for their remasters rather than DMCA his project into oblivion.

When companies do this, I interpret this as the company giving a clear message: "don't be a fan of our work or we may apply legal pressure".

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by JimDabell »

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?

Namecheap is definitely on my “never use under any circumstances” list for reasons I outlined in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18091287

The full thread is worth reading for more feedback on a range of registrars, particularly Namecheap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18086522

I strongly encourage people to only recommend domain registrars if they have verified that customer support won’t completely fuck you over when something goes wrong. Recommending registrars when you’ve only experienced the happy path is doing a disservice to the people you are trying to help out.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by peckemys »

Retr0id wrote: post #33
robin_reala wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Luckily with Bluesky you can link to a post and everyone can see the replies.

For now! The bluesky URL contains "itch.io" (their handle), and under atproto, DNS name resolution is actually an integral part of handle resolution. It will start 404ing if/when relevant caches expire. This one uses the "DID", not the handle, and will not 404: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oy37ivqnriw6nx3lrbcht2u3/po... (cc dang) Open issue regarding making bsky URLs less fragile while also not looking ugly: http…

I think GP comment meant that when you link to a Twitter thread, logged-out users will only see the single post without any replies. On Bluesky, you can see the whole thread.
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