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

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨pglpm@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/parody-site-clownstrike-refused-to-bow-to-crowdstrikes-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…

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A_A@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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

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- CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Someone is racing Elon in an “any % speed run to completely destroy an established companies credibility.”
  
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  - Marthirial@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Elom should buy CrowdStrike, rename it clownstrike, send the DCMA, and then run it into the ground like Twitter.
    
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- fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - A_A@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    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.
    
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Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sounds like they could use some more sites linking to them to improve SEO. clownstrike.lol

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- AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This. This is why we invented the internet. Well this and porn.
  
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- LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Full Streisand effect.
  
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- thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s blocked on my work computer, saying it’s a malware website
  
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  - All_Your_Base@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “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
    
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  - lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Accessible through my corporate network. Fun thing, that.
    
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- systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That was a good read with him documenting and sharing everything.
  
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- grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  this is so lmao
  
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roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Using the DMCA as a censorship tool needs to be a criminal offense subject to jail time.

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- 4am@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Why that’s literally what it was designed to do
  
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  - rezifon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    DMCA was designed to prevent intellectual property infringement, not as a censorship tool.
    
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  - turmacar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It is, but this isn’t. The DMCA doesn’t mention Trademark. That’s a separate section of law because copyright and trademark are different things.
    
    Crowdstrike submitting a DMCA takedown for alleged Trademark infringement isn’t how it’s supposed to work at all. Likely because they know this isn’t actually a Trademark infringement case.
    
    Cloudflare’s automated system not being smart enough to see that is fine. Their abuse/counterclaim process being broken isn’t.
    
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- phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Agreed 100%, it’s tactics similar to slapp lawsuits, shouldn’t be allowed and require jail time if used in that way
  
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nifty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Lmao what a legend. How would DMCA even apply in this case though? Parodies are free speech

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- CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    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
    
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- dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - TeoTwawki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The only reak use of trademark I could find was actually on the twitter account clownstrike took a picture of, unless they seriously want to try and tell is they think the name could be confused for theirs with a straight face.
    
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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

clownstrike.lol/crowdmad/

P.S. Don’t your lawyers have more important shit to be doing right now anyway?

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Pieverson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You may have posted this to the wrong thread :)

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lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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.

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- lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think it’s time to expand the Clown-Empiree and add ClownSocialServices.lol and ClownFlare to its Vassals.
  What do we call the head of state? The Witish Clown?
  
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  - lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The POTCS (President of The Circus States)? The Top Wig?
    
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dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t see anything on the parody ClownStrike site that infringes the DMCA. At best, Crowdstrike might have a valid trademark violation claim, but DMCA is only for copyright infringement claims, not trademark claims.

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anon_8675309@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They should have used their software to bring it down. We all know that will do it.

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- lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  …provided it runs on CrowdStrike-protected systems. I would expect the site’s operator to make sure to avoid that if they can help it.
  
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- djvinniev77@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You sonofa… Made me spill my drink…
  
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ramune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I support the right of clowns to strike for whatever reason

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- Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They’ve gotta do something in the face of ballooning expenses…
  
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  - EdgeOfToday@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well everyone nose about inflation, but what about a clown’s right to shoes?
    
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- HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Helium prices are TOO DAMN HIGH
  
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conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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.

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- AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Imagine believing that large enough companies would be so heinous as to follow the law. What villains they’d be!
  
  /s
  
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Clown Strike’s only real crime is kerning.

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- snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yup, kerning vs keming.
    
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troybot@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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

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- __init__@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  We will call it… Dumb Crowdstrike.
  
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  - WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Crowdstrike IS the parody of what Crowdstrike purported itself to be.
    
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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
they should update their homepage to a forced download of an empty index.html

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Maybe laylow and STFU crowdstrike? You know what never mind, pour fuel on the fire burning below you - go out screaming you turds.

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Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Funny that clownstrike.com redirects to crowdstrike.com. I tried this before seeing the .lol domain. Lol

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Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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.

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- mark@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Cloudflare and Crowdstrike are different companies.
  
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  - Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    ooooooopppppps someday I will learn to read
    
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jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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!”

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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I love this

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