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Itch Goes Down, Blames...The Company That Makes Funko Pops

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Funko is accused of using 'trash AI Powered Brand Protection Software'

Funko is accused of using 'trash AI Powered Brand Protection Software'

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This is an incredibly condescending headline, directed at the wrong party. They had every right to blame Funko.
This makes me angry at both Funko and the domain registrar.

YouTube’s noncommunicative takedown process has always been regarded as the best system of any popular video upload site (because there aren’t any others) but for this shit to poison the open web is definitely not okay.
- I'm always angry at funko for being a shit company that sells shit plastic products whose main purpose is to take up shelving space, everytime I'm reminded they exist.
  
  Iwantmyname is a budget registar so I'm not surprised at their non effort. I've used them to help see what domains were available but never actually did business with them and I don't recommend you do.
  
  They are so fuckin ugly. I don't like to judge people for their harmless hobbies but if you have a Funko Pop collection....you have bad taste.
  
  I've moved to Cloudflare and they offer at-cost domain registration, and I've heard they've been good to work with generally speaking.
Just link the Bsky posts. I like Aftermath as an outlet but when a "news" article is just 2 embedded posts and some fluff, why not just directly link the source?
- Honestly, I mean actual journalism could’ve at least figured out the false claim, what page was removed to comply, why that was a false (or not false claim), and report on that… instead of just… “here is what he said:” quote “and to summarise, he said that.”
  
  It's for sure not a legitimate process.
  
  DMCA doesn't entitle you to force a service that complies with DMCA requests down.
- I actually linked to the itch(.)io Bluesky post, before deleting it and posting this article for accessibility reasons.
  
  Not everyone is comfortable using Bluesky.
  
  I think one of the better compromises is to post a direct link to the source (bluesky, twitter, whatever), and then post a screenshot or quote as a top level comment.
  
  That way people can follow the link if they want the community responses over there or just read the copy of the post here.
  
  Not everyone is comfortable using Bluesky.
  
  Why? What’s wrong with it? What have I missed?
  
  Sad to see you catching downvotes for answering a question.
  
  I agree that not everyone is comfortable with all the different platforms, and I understand you opting for something potentially could be viewed by more people because of it.
  
  Thanks for your reply, upvote from me
A real “checks notes” moment.

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