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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...
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."
But they didn't send a C&D, they sent an AI automated phishing report about a fan page for an actual licensed Funko game.
They weren't address copyright anything, even if it was there.
Hence the "super shitty way to do it". ;)
That's not just a shitty way of doing it, it's a fraudulent accusation of something unrelated.