arnis [DISCUSSION] Fake websites

There are a lot of websites positioning themselves as official ones, such as https://arnis.cc/ or https://arnis.app/
One of them is even the first search result on Yandex. However, the github page is not there at all

Jan 07 '25 06:01 fedorissimo

Both sites have links to github

Jan 07 '25 07:01 facecontrol2sec

Hi there! Thanks for pointing that out - all websites pretending to be associated with Arnis are fake. This Github page is the only official page. I don't know what software they are distributing, but please avoid them. Regarding the top search results - to be honest I don't know how to fix that. Maybe it would help if we all report the fake sites?

Thanks a lot for letting me know! If anyone has any idea, let me know.

Jan 07 '25 10:01 louis-e

With a license switch in https://github.com/louis-e/arnis/pull/230#issue-2772829385 I attempt to take a first step against such fake websites. Additionally I already contacted each of them with a cease and desist request.

Jan 07 '25 13:01 louis-e

I have now issued a DMCA Takedown for two fake websites. Let's see what happens! :)

Jan 08 '25 14:01 louis-e

Seems like arnis.cc is down. arnis.app, however, is still up

Jan 15 '25 16:01 zanderlewis

I searched "arnis mc" using google. arnis.cc was still at the top. "arnis minecraft", though, shows the github repo. If the arnis.cc scammers had built a better-looking website, I easily could've fallen for it.

Jan 16 '25 16:01 TeggolT

https://arnis.cc/ seems to be more like fan website, beacuse it uses offical download links. Something similar to https://ublockorigin.com/ for Ublock origin.

Oct 04 '25 17:10 Julmik647