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[–] hono4kami@pawb.social 114 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

There are lots of finger-pointing here. Funko said the takedown was done by their partner, BrandShield. BrandShield said it was a URL-specific (or is it subdomain?) takedown, not the whole domain. The registrar, Iwantmyname, responded said takedown by taking down the WHOLE domain.

I think Funko shouldn't have trusted AI to do legal-related stuff. BrandShield is a stupid idea born from the AI-hype. It's stupid and shouldn't have existed. Iwantmyname is just as incompetent if not more--they haven't even released any public statement about this. Their customer support are also slow to response apparently.

Itch.io should move domain registrar. Funko should stop using BrandShield, it only damages their brand more.

Also what's up with Funko calling someone's mom lol. that's stupid


I also think that this is why AI won't replace our jobs. I've seen many instances where technologies replaces jobs, but this ain't it

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 112 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Also: brand shield says they only wanted the url gone but you don't get that when talking to the registrar. Registrar are all or nothing, so clearly they knew they were doing this

[–] hono4kami@pawb.social 30 points 2 weeks ago

yup. someone is lying here

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