itch.io (@itch.io)
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I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

Bluesky Post (this was also posted on twitter)

I was hoping to find a statement from the aggressor, but it seems to be too early.

  • DacoTacoEnglish
    47•3 days ago

    Sounds about right for funko lol.
    ( though tbh, listing all games that taken the funko brand would be a massive task lol ).

    Still, this one hell of a messy shit i wouldnt want to touch legally haha

    • I Cast FistEnglish
      10•3 days ago

      though tbh, listing all games that taken the funko brand would be a massive task lol

      That’s what the brandshield “AI” was supposed to automate. Hell, I could possibly cobble some python script to crawl through itch and create a list of infriging games/devs, something that wouldn’t take more than 1 day.

      • DacoTacoEnglish
        6•3 days ago

        Sure, but for a lawsuit you should also validate that list to make sure there were no mistakes. Same should have happened with the ai bot. But nooooo, too many people takes scripts and ai output as facts -_-