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Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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....

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[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

DMCA takedown notices are not preemptively judged on their merits before filing. Anyone can file a frivolous takedown notice, just as anyone can file a frivolous lawsuit.

Yes parody is protected speech under fair use. Yes, companies are required to account for fair use before filing takedown notices. These things would come up if the case goes to trial which is unlikely.

[–] mark@infosec.pub 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cloudflare and Crowdstrike are different companies.

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ooooooopppppps someday I will learn to read

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Where have I heard that before....