Bogus Complaint Disables Itch.io, Google Ignored Same Sender For Years * TorrentFreak
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Itch.io is offline today after its domain was suspended based on a bogus "fraud/phishing" complaint that should've been a DMCA takedown notice.

Indie videgame portal Itch.io is effectively offine today after a brand protection company reported the platform for “fraud/phishing” for what was a problem easily solved using a DMCA notice. According to Google’s transparency databases, the same company has repeatedly attempted to use the DMCA to solve alleged trademark infringement but had its complaints rejected.

  • @[email protected]English
    40•1 month ago

    I’d love to find a CIDR blocklist for BrandShield. I’m not hosting any piracy content on any domains that I own, but I’d still love to simply close any connections they might make to my server.

    Crazy stuff.

    • [email protected]English
      7•1 month ago

      I don’t know about their scans and whatnot, but their website is hosted on Amazon, so probably not straightforward to block them (and not block other stuff).

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 month ago

        I actively avoid using AWS for most stuff so I could probably get by blocking all AWS IP blocks. Though of course that could change if someone was consuming my API from EC2, Kubernetes or whatever on AWS.

  • Fonzie!English
    1•29 days ago

    I can currently visit https://itch.io/ just fine from NL, even without browser cache.

    Is this already resolved, or is it only a problem in some regions such as the USA?