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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see literally nothing but memes and tweet screenshots. An overview of what happened would really help fill me in

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Funko (of Funko Pops) bought an AI tool to search out brand infringement
AI files a claim against Itch.io
Itch’s registrar decides to Leeroy Jenkins it and takes down Itch’s domain without bothering to clarify or validate

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

This lacks the small detail of the funko scum making a threatening phone call to the itch.io guy's mother. Sounds like a bad joke, but it is real.