At first I was like “WTF does an indie games site have to do with Funko?” then I Googled it…
Looks like they hosted a BUNCH of infringing games, so Funko, instead of doing the righteous thing and sending them a takedown request, just nuked the whole domain…
Thanks, I was super confused for a bit!
And this nuke should cost them dearly, as there are so many Devs and Artists affected by it.
I mean, I don’t blame them for protecting their IP, they just picked a super shitty way to do it.
I don’t even think they would have needed an official cease and desist… just a friendly note of “Hey, none of this Funko material is licensed, please remove it.”
I blame them. Fair use is a thing and even beside fair use fuck em. copyright are getting more and more stupid by the day.
It’s not fair use to use images and names you have not licensed.
See this asshat:
I used to not like Funko Pop, but that changes today. I now loathe them.
