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Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
What is a DMCA strike?
I have no idea how A.Mauer is getting away with everything they've done over the past month. There has got to be some legal response people can use to shut their rampage down.
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tinyE: What is a DMCA strike?
Digital Milennium Copyright Act. Got taken down for copyright infringement. In this case, it was because of the music used in the game which resulted in a really crazy lawsuit. The composer claimed that it was copyright infringement even though the music was written FOR the game.
Post edited July 14, 2017 by zeogold
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tremere110: Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
She is still rampaging around, I thought this whole nonsense ended up a couple of weeks ago.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Essentially the 'safe harbor' provisions of said act is guilty until proven innocent. If you issue a takedown request for copyright infringement then the content provider must remove the offending content even if the requester has little or no proof. The provider then has protection from any copyright violations that may arise. There are usually ways to file counter claims and such to put the content back up.

Unfortunately abusing such a system is quite easy. Alex has been issuing DMCA strikes despite overwhelming evidence she has no copyright. She even has a temporary restraining order preventing her from doing so in regards to another game.

If she issues one here I suspect GoG will comply because of the overwhelming risk of not doing so.
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tremere110: https://twitter.com/rivercityransom/status/885732178717319169

Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
so how does that work exactly? insofar even "issuing" these strikes? is there so anyone can just willy nilly issue these strikes on any game and said game game comes down? or is there a sympathizer on valves end who is like "gee i really feel bad for this person and their digital rights, lets pull the game from sale?"
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tremere110: https://twitter.com/rivercityransom/status/885732178717319169

Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
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fortune_p_dawg: so how does that work exactly? insofar even "issuing" these strikes? is there so anyone can just willy nilly issue these strikes on any game and said game game comes down? or is there a sympathizer on valves end who is like "gee i really feel bad for this person and their digital rights, lets pull the game from sale?"
In the case of the YouTube strikes - it's automated. A takedown request is almost always automatically honored - the one issuing the strike risks perjury however.

In the case of Valve it's not automatic but the burden of proof is really low. Valve denied her request at first until she showed them 'proof' of bringing down a bandcamp soundtrack for the game with a DMCA strike. This puts Valve in a tough position legal wise so they relented. Otherwise they could be drawn into a legal battle they want no part in.
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tremere110: Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
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Gersen: She is still rampaging around, I thought this whole nonsense ended up a couple of weeks ago.
Everyone thought so - and then she changed her mind.
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SSolomon: I have no idea how A.Mauer is getting away with everything they've done over the past month. There has got to be some legal response people can use to shut their rampage down.
So far Starr Mazer's lawyer Leonard French has successfully issued a temporary restraining order against her. She cannot DMCA strike anything Starr Mazer related. Not without putting herself in serious legal jeopardy at least.

RCRU developers might have to do the same.
Post edited July 14, 2017 by tremere110
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fortune_p_dawg: so how does that work exactly? insofar even "issuing" these strikes? is there so anyone can just willy nilly issue these strikes on any game and said game game comes down? or is there a sympathizer on valves end who is like "gee i really feel bad for this person and their digital rights, lets pull the game from sale?"
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tremere110: In the case of the YouTube strikes - it's automated. A takedown request is almost always automatically honored - the one issuing the strike risks perjury however.

In the case of Valve it's not automatic but the burden of proof is really low. Valve denied her request at first until she showed them 'proof' of bringing down a bandcamp soundtrack for the game with a DMCA strike. This puts Valve in a tough position legal wise so they relented. Otherwise they could be drawn into a legal battle they want no part in.
ah, a "we don't want no drama no no no no drama" approach. interesting.
Post edited July 14, 2017 by fortune_p_dawg
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tremere110: Alex Mauer issued a DMCA strike against RCRU which unfortunately succeeded. RCRU has now been removed from sale from Steam. I don't know when or if she will issue a DCMA strike here - but be aware this game is in jeopardy of being removed while this entire issue is occuring.
It needs to be said that this game has not been removed per sé, it has been hidden due to a pending DMCA claim and if this one fails she'll be steam banned for good and the game will resurface, and RCRU devs can make lost sales count in a court. (not a whole that will fix, but still)

Overall, RCRU will need to reveal the freelance contract or email agreement and give it to steam in the counter claim, and maybe to Sid, for defense in courts later, but this entire DMCA system is just completely broken, and it's good a mentally broken down maniac shows this that clearly.

Yes, everyone with a mouse and a keyboard can DMCA claim anything... it's a totally broken system. Though if you do it on Steam, you are in for a world of hurt afterwards, Steam while it has to comply on the surface, will steam ban someone for life if they abuse this system.

Still, it's pretty clear nothing anyone says will get through to Alex Mauers mental disorder, and so all we can do here is heat and butter the popcorn and weather the storm ;P
IMHO the law needs to be altered so that the game remains available until the case is decided in court. then,, if the claim ia valid, give the plantiff a share of the proftis from when the game was first released.
I wonder if the women in question is not doing the old nuisance lawsuit routine. File a lot of suits in hopes some companies will find it cheaper to just give you a little money then fight it out in court,even if your claim is weak.
Bought the game to support the dev.

edit: I read through the kiwifarms thread. Brb, bleach.
Post edited July 15, 2017 by Starmaker
Well, I already own the game on GOG, but this is still sad to hear...

I hope Alex Mauer sorts out whatever mental issues she may have, and finally have the clarity of mind to leave these devs and publishers alone, since she's not only hurting herself with this, she's also hurting the devs and the customers who bought or want to buy the game. Whatever the outcome, though, I think it's safe to assume her career (and image) is ruined beyond repair.
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dudalb: I wonder if the women in question is not doing the old nuisance lawsuit routine. File a lot of suits in hopes some companies will find it cheaper to just give you a little money then fight it out in court,even if your claim is weak.
I think we can safely say that backfired horribly, as not only has TBC completely ignored her claims, she's currently being sued by the Starr Mazer team.