Yes this is a real thing that just happened https://x.com/itchio/status/1866017758040993829
@BrodieOnLinux Easy mistake for an AI to make. Itch sounds a lot like Funko if you ignore everything about those two words
@splatsune What seems to be the case is there was one listing on the Itch site that was actually violating the Funko trademark and the tool wanted the entire site pulled
@BrodieOnLinux yeah that sounds much more likely. Itch must have some sort of takedown process right? But I guess if the complaint was also automated then... Jeez what a mess
@splatsune You have automated trademark takedowns, contacting automatic registrar takedowns leaving the user lost and confused.
@BrodieOnLinux This is wild
@BrodieOnLinux Possibly one of the dumbest decisions in the history of domain name registrars.
@BrodieOnLinux b-b-but AI would solve all the problems !
@marud The AI part is funny but the domain name registrar is the one that really fucked up, they shouldn't have pulled the site
@BrodieOnLinux @marud right, they should spend more time evaluating each abuse report.
But I'm afraid if they do that, it'll be trivial to layer-8-DoS them by sending a ton of LLM-generated abuse reports...
@marud @BrodieOnLinux AI will create the problem and then solve it, don’t you worry about it.
@BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social fucking funkos goddamit
@BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social Imagine being taken down by FUNKOPOP
@BrodieOnLinux Time to change registrars and sue the fuck out of some bastards.
@BrodieOnLinux The main beneficiary from AI, after ceos, might just be lawyers
@BrodieOnLinux fuckity fuckity fuckity fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
@BrodieOnLinux Same post from itchio, but on a platform that's not owned by Elon:
This is why choosing a registrar matters
@selea Who do you recommend for shit like this not to happen?
The rock-solid option is nja.la :)
@selea Oh yeah the pirates, forgot about them!
@BrodieOnLinux
Apparently, the Brand Shield AI thingy that has been used, detected some sort of user-generated content that had Funko trademarks on it. Instead of going through the process of cease and desist, Brand Shield decided that reporting phishing and malware to the domain registrar would get the content removed faster. This should honestly sue Funko Pops, the registrar, and Brand Shield for this absurd situation.