Parody site ClownStrike defended the "obvious" fair use.

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…

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    24·
    5 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

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      5 months ago

      Laws only apply to poor people. If you submit a bogus DMCA that takes down a corporation’s site, they will sue you so hard your children’s children will be paying off the debt.

      It’s all by design. The level of damage is measured by capital, and not by how illegitimate, anti-competitive, immoral, or criminal the actions are. There aren’t any multipliers to level the playing field against their wealth and power. All of the multipliers are in their favor.