Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by batch12 on Thursday August 01, 2024 @07:50PM
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Where they may have messed up is with the use of crowdstrike's branding. I've worked for a company that had a near 100% success rate with taking over domains that used their branding. Not just taking down the site, but taking ownership of the whole domain.
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Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by _heimdall on Thursday August 01, 2024 @09:04PM
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Were any of those success for violation of copyright or trademark when used in parody? I don't know if it would hold up, or how long it would even be between a domain registrar handing it over and having a day in court, but there does seem to be a good case for this being a protected use of CrowdStrike's protected branding.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by tyingq on Thursday August 01, 2024 @09:56PM
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Untied.com lasted for a a really long time, but did eventually get taken down based on copyright.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by account42 on Friday August 02, 2024 @04:52AM
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That ruling is only relevant if the operator of clownstrike.lol is in Canada. The US in particular has much better protections for parody than most countries.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by batch12 on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:24PM
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Yeah, there were a few. I believe they had to demonstrate that there was a risk that a customer could be misled or something.