Parody site ClownStrike defended the "obvious" fair use.

Doesn’t CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?

That’s what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike.

Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever seen—which CrowdStrike blamed on a buggy security update that shut down systems and incited prolonged chaos in airports, hospitals, and businesses worldwide…

  • @anon_8675309English
    64•1 month ago

    They should have used their software to bring it down. We all know that will do it.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•1 month ago

      …provided it runs on CrowdStrike-protected systems. I would expect the site’s operator to make sure to avoid that if they can help it.