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…

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      129 months ago

      Someone is racing Elon in an “any % speed run to completely destroy an established companies credibility.”

      • @Marthirial@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Elom should buy CrowdStrike, rename it clownstrike, send the DMCA, and then run it into the ground like Twitter.

    • fmstrat
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      109 months ago

      Yes and no here. Businesses by and large won’t stop using them because of this. And if they succeed, it’s a deterrent for others.

      • @A_A@lemmy.world
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        69 months ago

        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.

  • @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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    79 months ago

    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!”

    • @Pieverson@lemmy.world
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      -79 months ago

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      • Otter
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        209 months ago

        You may have posted this to the wrong thread :)

    • sunzu
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      39 months ago

      Yeah but then it would not be a clownstrike…

  • @solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    519 months ago

    way to go, dorks. now i’ve heard of this site that i would have never heard of if you hadn’t streissanded it. and i for one approve

  • Ramune
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    639 months ago

    I support the right of clowns to strike for whatever reason

  • Hildegarde
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    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.

  • @dan@upvote.au
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    9 months ago

    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.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]
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    699 months ago

    Apparently, Cloudflare never received either of Senk’s counter notices, which is a problem since Cloudflare only allows a 72-hour window to contest a takedown notice.

    This sounds like ClownFlare outright lying through its teeth. Probably not even to defend ClownStrike, but to not look incompetent.

    • @lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 months ago

      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?

  • troybot [he/him]
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    369 months ago

    My name is Nathan Fielder, And I graduated from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades.

    The plan: turn this website into the world’s first parody cybersecurity platform

    • @snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      359 months ago

      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