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Bogus Complaint Disables Itch.io, Google Ignored Same Sender For Years (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 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?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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] 4 points 1 week 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.