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Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by jcranmer »

wholinator2 wrote: post #274
CaptainFever wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps in certain cases requiring someone to sign off, and take the blame if anything happens, would help alleviate this problem. Much like how engineers need to sign off on construction plans. (Layman here, obviously.)

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The comment you are replying to is using commas correctly: it's partitioning off a clause of the sentence as a side phrase that can be removed, and the resulting sentence is a fully grammatically-correct sentence. If you really hate commas, you can replace the commas here with parentheses, but honestly, I prefer the commas here.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by kobalsky »

jerrre wrote: post #98

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> Isn't insane that many of the comments are linking the CEO of Funko,

I'd say that it's normal on this site. You are misintepreting the intentions of commenters. No one is doxxing the CEO of a public company by posting a link to their profile.

People should be telling them they screwed up when their corporate behemots run over a small village and they don't notice. Any good CEO can capitalize on that.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by raxxorraxor »

Tepix wrote: post #120
RestartKernel wrote: post #91

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This issue aside, thanks for doing what you do. I was kind of expecting Itch to get sold to some holdings or casino company at some point, as good things tend to go, but I've been happily surprised to see it mature independently throughout the years.

I agree itch.io is awesome! Edit: And i'm happy to see that it's working again as of 2024-12-09 12:27 UTC+1

And compared to that brandshield users should be branded by their business practices. Also the hoster as well.

Seems to be a difficult time for hosters and also again a demonstration that copyright law is deeply flawed, even if using stolen assets is a rising problem.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by raxxorraxor »

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

Yes, but also you need to bring your legislators to heel. It is entirely their fault.

That you have grifters like brandshield is a symptom. Although you should never employ their lawyers for anything either of course. Make the taint stick to them.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by red-iron-pine »

thomasfortes wrote: post #276
kmlx wrote: post #263

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does anyone here use cloudflare as a registrar? i’m interested in any potential negatives.

You're stuck with cloudflare nameservers¹, so if you want to change nameservers you need to transfer them to other registrar, how much of a deal breaker this is is up to you, to me is project dependent. 1. Section 6.1 of https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/

> 6.1 Nameservers. Registrant agrees to use Cloudflare’s nameservers. REGISTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT MAY NOT CHANGE THE NAMESERVERS ON THE REGISTRAR SERVICES, AND THAT IT MUST TRANSFER TO A THIRD PARTY REGISTRAR IF IT WISHES TO CHANGE NAMESERVERS.

there are very few parts of that contract in all caps, but that's one of them :/

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by thequux »

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 used Register4Less for over a decade and I've been thrilled with them. They're slightly more expensive than the cheapest options (by a buck or two), but this is more than made up for by the fact that they're the only registrar I've ever used who have proactively reached out about minor issues. Every time I've needed to email them, I've gotten a response from somebody who can fix the problem within minutes.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by thn-gap »

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…

I wanted to take the time to thank you for the service you provide. itch.io is unvaluable to the indie community, and I'm perplexed when I see some devs complain about issues like this. Thabks for all your work.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by bluehatbrit »

robertlagrant wrote: post #216
kiba wrote: post #164

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Sell it to the employees? It won't be lucrative to selling it to someone with more cash than sense, but it may be more likely to preserve the value. There's no guarantee of course, and there's so little experience societal wide in running an employee co-op.

There are a few employee co-ops, but I don't know how good they are. Over here in the UK we have the Co-op[0], which is a national chain of small local shops. It's a consumer co-operative rather than a workers' cooperative, though. I don't know how well it works, or what its challenges are, but it definitely exists. [0] https://www.co-operative.coop

The Co-op (referred to in [0]) is also a bank, funeral directors, insurer, and solicitor! They're really quite successful to be honest.

Nationwide is another example of a successful cooperative as well (large UK bank, particularly in the mortgage space). They're customer and employee owned I believe, my wife and I got £200 last year as a profit share for being customers.

I'm a huge fan of the model, but it's difficult to get going. I think they're also more expensive to run as their operations tend to be a little more complex.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by Mindwipe »

safety1st wrote: post #273
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…

So it sounds like this was DMCA abuse by Funko, aided and abetted by BrandShield, and it resulted in damages to you. Also sounds like iwantmyname just went along with it, they are probably conditioned to do so by the rules. I would write up a complaint and send it to the incoming FTC Commissioner. Yes, I'm serious. From the signals Trump is sending if there is ever a time when Republicans may support some form of DMC…

Given the OP and admin in the comments explicitly say that this wasn't a DMCA claim it would rather hurt any campaign to lie and say it was.

Re: Itch.io Taken Down by Funko

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Post by indigodaddy »

technotarek wrote: post #279
kmlx wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

does anyone here use cloudflare as a registrar? i’m interested in any potential negatives.

I’ve got about twenty domains listed with them. No problems after 2-3 years, but I do wonder whether it’s a good idea to use the same vendor for DNS and domain registration.

Normally a registrar isn't going to have top tier DNS infra so you may as well separate, yes. Exceptions might be CF/Google/AWS/DO, but personally I don't like to use the big guns as registrars in any case. I use Namesilo and never had any issues but on the other hand have never run into any of these sorts of issues either..
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