Note the "fraud and phishing" complaint. Like, I don't see _any_ way to get to that from what's going on, and of course registrars (correctly) take such complaints far more seriously than DMCA complaints (which shouldn't really be going to the registrar in the first instance, of course).
I wouldn't particularly blame the registrar here, though now that 'AI' spamware is doing this, registrars will presumably have to take fraud complaints a lot less seriously, and the internet will get a little bit worse. But certainly this isn't itch.io's fault; the blame lies squarely with the spamware, and with Funko for using such spamware in the first place.
To be clear, there is no issue with them making a DMCA takedown. This should be made to the operator (ie itch.io). They _did not do this_. Instead they complained to the registrar of phishing/fraud. Registrars, not unreasonably, take complaints of fraud seriously, and many will nuke first and answer questions later. However, clearly, no fraud was involved.
(I'm not sure if you're being wilfully obtuse, or if you suffer from the ol' Hackernews "reading the linked material is forbidden" problem, but I just don't see how you can defend the false complaint of fraud.)
... Ah, I see, you're speculating that itch is _lying_ about it? Why would they? Like, what they describe is the sort of thing you'd expect to find on itch.
Occam's razor very much says that they are not lying, and that this is simply a false report by 'AI' spamware.
I'm not speculating about anything. They made a claim and provided nothing to evidence it.
Similarly, the other side have made a claim which - apparently - was accepted by the registrar.
Why does Occam's razor not say that the claimant isn't lying?
FWIW, I think Itch are probably right. But there is a lot of IP infringement on there. Is it unreasonable to think that one of those page might have a phishing form on it?
Perhaps it comes naturally ;)
No, but seriously, you may be giving them a bit too much benefit of the doubt.
There's a little more context here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033
Note the "fraud and phishing" complaint. Like, I don't see _any_ way to get to that from what's going on, and of course registrars (correctly) take such complaints far more seriously than DMCA complaints (which shouldn't really be going to the registrar in the first instance, of course).
I wouldn't particularly blame the registrar here, though now that 'AI' spamware is doing this, registrars will presumably have to take fraud complaints a lot less seriously, and the internet will get a little bit worse. But certainly this isn't itch.io's fault; the blame lies squarely with the spamware, and with Funko for using such spamware in the first place.