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Also this wasn't necessarily a DMCA request.
itch.io said this on the hackernews thread (bolding mine):
And BrandShield's response / nonpology (bolding mine):
Which translated into English is possibly* something like "We would be very happy if the general public thought this was a normal DMCA takedown. Our chatbot said the website was a phishing page. Our ~~overworked~~ cybersecurity ~~expert~~ hunter agreed ~~after looking at it for zero milliseconds~~. We encourage itch.io to get wrecked."
This difference matters because site hosts and domain registrars can be extremely proactive about any possibility of fraud / abuse / hacks, and there's less of a standard legal process for them.
* Dear Funko please do not call my mom.