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Fan anything has always been at the mercy of the trademark owner.



there was a time where the internet wasn't a corpo hellscape.


> there was a time where the internet wasn't a corpo hellscape.

DMCA passed in 1998. it was short lived.


Not that short-lived in practice, because it may have been passed but it was not enforced to oblivion like it is now.


This kind of impersonation/defamation is one of the edge cases where its good to have a DMCA process. You want to quickly take down something like this and then deal with the slow legal stuff over time.


They have a DMCA process. As far as I know it only helps in a case like this if they sue Funko or the brand management service. Itch is a small indie operation funded by actual commerce, so might not be able to afford it.


How much would be needed to afford it? Is it a fundraisable amount?




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