CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike

Post by AHOHNMYC » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 3:13 PM UTC

  // ==UserScript==
  // @name       Clownin'
  // @namespace  Clown Division
  // @include    *
  // @version    0.0.1
  // @author     AHOHNMYC
  // ==/UserScript==
  
  /* This is also parody, like one in https://clownstrike.lol/crowdmad */
  [
    {'original': 'crowdstrike', 'parody': 'ClownStrike'},
  ].forEach(clown => {
    tw = document.createTreeWalker(document, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT, el => el.textContent.toLowerCase().includes(clown['original']));
    while(tw.nextNode()) tw.currentNode.textContent = tw.currentNode.textContent.replaceAll(new RegExp(clown['original'], 'ig'), clown['parody'])
  });

Post by arp242 » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 4:23 PM UTC

Y_Y wrote: post #227

arp242 wrote: post #220

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That is perhaps true in some Common Law jurisdictions (US?), but not for much of the world, including some Common Law jurisdiction such as the UK and Ireland. The first name I use daily is different from what's on my passport and I've gotten into trouble with this in both the UK and Ireland.

I'm not sure on what we disagree. It is my understanding that what I said applies to the UK and Ireland, there are formal ways to register a name change, but it is not necessary and it is possible to "change" your name simply by having people refer to you using the new name. As I mentioned, this will cause some difficulty with people and organisations who assume names are unique and immutable(c.f. [0]), but that's no…

Post by NohatCoder » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 7:00 PM UTC

WheatMillington wrote: post #125

rainsford wrote: post #92

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I certainly don't want to claim everyone on Hacker News is a high powered CISO making EDR purchasing decisions for their Fortune 500 company or whatever, but I feel like there are enough people with actual influence who read this site that if I was a security company (or any tech company) I wouldn't want front page stories that make me look petty about getting rightly clowned on after a fuck-up of galactic proportion…

I mean... is THIS going to be the thing to tip you over the edge? Not last month's shenanigans, but THIS?

Post by popcalc » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 10:21 PM UTC

josephcsible wrote: post #202

bhartzer wrote: post #192

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The domains are blocked at the registry level, not the registrar level.

Okay, why would the registry listen to them?

Post by Y_Y » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 10:57 PM UTC

arp242 wrote: post #233

Y_Y wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure on what we disagree. It is my understanding that what I said applies to the UK and Ireland, there are formal ways to register a name change, but it is not necessary and it is possible to "change" your name simply by having people refer to you using the new name. As I mentioned, this will cause some difficulty with people and organisations who assume names are unique and immutable(c.f. [0]), but that's no…

> there are formal ways to register a name change, but it is not necessary and it is possible to "change" your name simply by having people refer to you using the new name. Try opening a bank account like that. I can guarantee you it's not going to work; they will want to see a passport and proof of address with exactly the same name. I've been rejected by banks just because the utility bill shortened my second middl…