Funko Pop abuses domain name reporting system, takes down itch.io

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An all out attack on thousands of people's lively hoods without warning, how will they ever get out of thi...oh wait, it's America, right, they'll not only not face punishment, they might even get a pat on the back.
I hope they will switch their registrar. That's just unprofessional.
I used to not like Funko Pop, but that changes today. I now loathe them.
At first I was like "WTF does an indie games site have to do with Funko?" then I Googled it...

Looks like they hosted a BUNCH of infringing games, so Funko, instead of doing the righteous thing and sending them a takedown request, just nuked the whole domain...
- And this nuke should cost them dearly, as there are so many Devs and Artists affected by it.
  
  I mean, I don't blame them for protecting their IP, they just picked a super shitty way to do it.
  
  I don't even think they would have needed an official cease and desist... just a friendly note of "Hey, none of this Funko material is licensed, please remove it."
- Thanks, I was super confused for a bit!
@[email protected] Is this "abuse", deliberate action instead of an AI-generated mistake?
- The choice to use "AI" was deliberate. That's malicious enough.
  
  now now, it's not necessarily malicious, it can just be extreme incompetence.

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