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Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown

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…

A_A ,
@A_A@lemmy.world avatar

The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

sunzu ,

Yez 🤡

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

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

Marthirial ,

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

fmstrat ,

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 ,
@A_A@lemmy.world avatar

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.

sunzu ,

I am kinda PO'ed I didn't come up with this on my own lol

nifty ,
@nifty@lemmy.world avatar

Lmao what a legend. How would DMCA even apply in this case though? Parodies are free speech

CosmicTurtle0 ,

They don’t. Companies regularly abuse DMCA notices because the law REQUIRES a hosting company to take down the information immediately.

It allows 14 days for the same information to be restored after receiving a counter notice.

otter ,

I think if DMCAs are abused, it should limit the company’s ability to file one in the future.

and if not… regular people could do the same

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I don’t see anything on that site that infringes the DMCA. At best they might have a trademark violation claim, but DMCA is only for copyright claims, not trademark claims.

ramune ,

I support the right of clowns to strike for whatever reason

Darkassassin07 ,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

They’ve gotta do something in the face of ballooning expenses…

EdgeOfToday ,

Well everyone nose about inflation, but what about a clown’s right to shoes?

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Shoes? They could use a bigger car first. Have you seen how many people they have to cram in there?

TachyonTele ,

Bigger cars!? Have you seen the price of pies in this economy?

Lost_My_Mind ,

Buddy, I don’t want to hear about clowns and their creampies, or whatever it is you’re watching online.

foofiepie ,

Whatever they’re watching, it’s fucking funny.

TachyonTele ,

You guys are awesome

HootinNHollerin ,

Helium prices are TOO DAMN HIGH

Hildegarde , (edited )

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.

mark ,
@mark@infosec.pub avatar

Cloudflare and Crowdstrike are different companies.

Hildegarde ,

ooooooopppppps someday I will learn to read

Lost_My_Mind ,

Where have I heard that before…

Shadow ,
@Shadow@lemmy.ca avatar

Sounds like they could use some more sites linking to them to improve SEO. clownstrike.lol

thisbenzingring ,

It’s blocked on my work computer, saying it’s a malware website

All_Your_Base ,
@All_Your_Base@feddit.cl avatar

“The category of clownstrike.lol is Phishing

This site has been reviewed recently. We are not accepting category change requests at this time.”

Fortinet filter lmao

LazaroFilm ,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.world avatar

Full Streisand effect.

AbsoluteChicagoDog ,

This. This is why we invented the internet. Well this and porn.

grubbyweasel ,

this is so tame lmao

systemglitch ,

That was a good read with him documenting and sharing everything.

solsangraal ,

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

Imgonnatrythis ,

Maybe laylow and STFU crowdstrike? You know what never mind, pour fuel on the fire burning below you - go out screaming you turds.

conciselyverbose ,

told Ars that he has no plans to move ClownStrike back to Cloudflare’s hosting service. Instead, he responded by suggesting that Cloudflare update its abuse-reporting system to confirm receipt of counter notices, build a web portal where users can track abuse reports,

Good suggestions

and perhaps most significantly, revoke CSC’s ability to submit abuse reports as a penalty for sending a bogus takedown

Pretty sure they can’t. DMCA has strict rules that providers must follow to avoid liability.

AceFuzzLord ,

Imagine believing that large enough companies would be so heinous as to follow the law. What villains they’d be!

/s

jabathekek ,
@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz avatar

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!”

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

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.

https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/18e0c043-ccb0-4a33-8328-4671fac59ee4.png

roofuskit ,

Using the DMCA as a censorship tool needs to be a criminal offense subject to jail time.

4am ,

Why that’s literally what it was designed to do

rezifon ,

DMCA was designed to prevent intellectual property infringement, not as a censorship tool.

Ransack ,

Yes that’s exactly what the person you replied to was saying.

DMCA was built to save IP, however it’s routinely abused and used for censorship. And not a single thing is done to the abusers so they continue with their nonsense.

Sentient_Modem ,

Funny that clownstrike.com redirects to crowdstrike.com. I tried this before seeing the .lol domain. Lol

troybot ,

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

__init__ ,

We will call it… Dumb Crowdstrike.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

Clown Strike’s only real crime is kerning.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/891ba4cf-484e-4b9f-beec-6c11d27646ed.png

snekmuffin ,

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

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