Funko and BrandShield have responded to claims made by Itch.io owner Leaf Corcoran about the site's outage yesterday, and ...

itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran claimed that toy company Funko was using “some trash ‘AI Powered’ Brand Protection Software ...

Itch.io was taken offline for several hours earlier today following what the site's owner calls a "bogus" phishing claim by ...

"I kid you not, itch.io has been taken down by Funko of 'Funko Pop' because they use some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection ...

Popular toy maker Funko responds after the recent controversy involving Itch.io, which went offline for some hours earlier ...

Regardless, our registrar's automated system likely kicked to disable the domain since no one read our confirmation of ...

But if there’s a potential bright spot to this, is if Funko is serious about getting in contact with itchio to make things ...

The software allegedly used by Funko that took the itch.io site down is made by a company called BrandShield. BrandShield describes itself as an “AI-powered online anti-counterfeiting solution” that ...

Funko is a notorious brand as far as toys and collectibles come and go. More than the fads Cabbage Patch Kids, Furbys, ...

Itch.io was taken down over the weekend (back up now) after an AI "brand protection software" used by Funko generated a bogus ...

Itch.io was temporarily taken offline due to a dispute with Funko over a "bogus phishing report." During the dispute, Funko ...

Funko has released a statement acknowledging their role in the takedown of itch.io but stopping short of apologizing.