Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown
2 years ago by stravanasu to c/technology
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....
Someone is racing Elon in an "any % speed run to completely destroy an established companies credibility."
Elom should buy CrowdStrike, rename it clownstrike, send the DMCA, and then run it into the ground like Twitter.
We must agree that :
1-they did want to sensor information
2-but the information was made more public.
Now, are you saying that (1) was indeed their intention but also that (2) was intentional. That being quite rich, they will continue to send DMCAs to intimidate anyone. Finally, their main goal wouldn't only be to deter this one action but also similar actions by others, which would be more effective if the DMCA succeeds.
... i must agree with you here if this is what you meant.
Sounds like they could use some more sites linking to them to improve SEO. https://clownstrike.lol/
Full Streisand effect.
It's blocked on my work computer, saying it's a malware website
"The category of https://clownstrike.lol/ is Phishing
This site has been reviewed recently. We are not accepting category change requests at this time."
Fortinet filter lmao
Accessible through my corporate network. Fun thing, that.
That was a good read with him documenting and sharing everything.
this is so tame lmao
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.
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 )
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.
They don't. Companies regularly abuse DMCA notices because the law REQUIRES a hosting company to take down the information immediately.
It allows 14 days for the same information to be restored after receiving a counter notice.
Laws only apply to poor people. If you submit a bogus DMCA that takes down a corporation's site, they will sue you so hard your children's children will be paying off the debt.
It's all by design. The level of damage is measured by capital, and not by how illegitimate, anti-competitive, immoral, or criminal the actions are. There aren't any multipliers to level the playing field against their wealth and power. All of the multipliers are in their favor.
The only real use of trademark I could find was actually on the twitter account clownstrike took a picture of, unless they seriously want to try and tell is they think the name could be confused for theirs with a straight face.
https://clownstrike.lol/crowdmad/
This line:
P.S. Don’t your lawyers have more important shit to be doing right now anyway?
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I don’t see anything on the parody ClownStrike site that infringes the DMCA. At best, Crowdstrike might have a valid trademark infringement claim, but DMCA is only for copyright infringement claims, not trademark claims.
I think it's time to expand the Clown-Empire and add ClownSocialServices.lol and ClownFlare to its Vassals.
What do we call the head of state? The Witish Clown?
They should have used their software to bring it down. We all know that will do it.
...provided it runs on CrowdStrike-protected systems. I would expect the site's operator to make sure to avoid that if they can help it.
You sonofa.. Made me spill my drink...
They've gotta do something in the face of ballooning expenses...
Well everyone nose about inflation, but what about a clown's right to shoes?
Shoes? They could use a bigger car first. Have you seen how many people they have to cram in there?
Bigger cars!? Have you seen the price of pies in this economy?
Helium prices are TOO DAMN HIGH
told Ars that he has no plans to move ClownStrike back to Cloudflare's hosting service. Instead, he responded by suggesting that Cloudflare update its abuse-reporting system to confirm receipt of counter notices, build a web portal where users can track abuse reports,
Good suggestions
and perhaps most significantly, revoke CSC's ability to submit abuse reports as a penalty for sending a bogus takedown
Pretty sure they can't. DMCA has strict rules that providers must follow to avoid liability.
Imagine believing that large enough companies would be so heinous as to follow the law. What villains they'd be!
/s
Crowdstrike IS the parody of what Crowdstrike purported itself to be.
Clown Strike’s only real crime is kerning.
thats not kerning, that's justification ☝️🤓️
kerning refers to the spacing between individual letters in the words, and justification is a method of typograghic alignment where space between words is stretched to make text flush with both left and right margins
Yup, kerning vs keming.
they should update their homepage to a forced download of an empty index.html
Maybe laylow and STFU crowdstrike? You know what never mind, pour fuel on the fire burning below you - go out screaming you turds.
Funny that clownstrike.com redirects to crowdstrike.com. I tried this before seeing the .lol domain. Lol
While parody sites are not the intended target of these efforts, it’s possible for such sites to be inadvertently impacted. We will review the process and, where appropriate, evolve ongoing anti-fraud activities.
Hmm, I think I've heard something like that before...
But it pledged Wednesday to keep software glitches like last week’s from happening again, and to publicly release a more detailed analysis when it becomes available.
The company added that it is developing a new check for its validation system “to guard against this type of problematic content from being deployed in the future.
"Oops!"
I am illiterate ignore me.
>Senk received a DMCA notice from Cloudflare's trust and safety team, which was then hosting the parody site.
Cloudflare sent themselves a DMCA takedown notice, instead of just taking down the content from their own web hosting for violating their policies. Weird.
ooooooopppppps someday I will learn to read
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