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Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Doesn't CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?

That's what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike.

Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever seen—which CrowdStrike blamed on a buggy security update that shut down systems and incited prolonged chaos in airports, hospitals, and businesses worldwide....

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 204 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Using the DMCA as a censorship tool needs to be a criminal offense subject to jail time.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why that’s literally what it was designed to do

[–] rezifon@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

DMCA was designed to prevent intellectual property infringement, not as a censorship tool.

[–] Ransack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes that's exactly what the person you replied to was saying.

DMCA was built to save IP, however it's routinely abused and used for censorship. And not a single thing is done to the abusers so they continue with their nonsense.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No they literally said that DMCA was designed for censorship...

[–] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Copyright assholes got a seat at the table when it was being drafted everyone else was given the finger. Its designed to be easily abused. Accidently on purpose, if you get me.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It is, but this isn't. The DMCA doesn't mention Trademark. That's a separate section of law because copyright and trademark are different things.

Crowdstrike submitting a DMCA takedown for alleged Trademark infringement isn't how it's supposed to work at all. Likely because they know this isn't actually a Trademark infringement case.

Cloudflare's automated system not being smart enough to see that is fine. Their abuse/counterclaim process being broken isn't. ( Not that that's new or unique )

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The ClownStrike person didn’t attempt to use Cloudflare’s counterclaim system.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Cloudflare's counterclaim system didn't open a ticket when the notification email was replied to.

That's the kind of nonsense you expect from a local municipality hosting solution. Not one of the biggest on the Internet.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Agreed 100%, it's tactics similar to slapp lawsuits, and either shouldn't be allowed and require jail time when abused