The Alex Mauer Situation

[WindKnight]

This has gotten nasty.

Mauer was in the wrong, no questions asked...

But when people are digging out her birth certificate, old photos of her and deadnaming her, it's clear that some are less interesting in fighting injustice than piling onto a trans woman. None of that crap is warranted or necesary or has anything to do with what Mauer was doing.

 

[jklinders]

Holy crap, they got Leonard French involved in this?

What is happening?!

Well, Alex tried to hire him. But he signed on with Imagos instead. She's been doing nothing but slinging shit at him since.

It was rather cute that anyone familiar with Leonard French's stance on fair use would think that he would work for someone who abuses the DCMA system. But then again, very little in her conduct has smacked of someone acting from a place of reason.

 

[lacktheknack]

Holy crap, they got Leonard French involved in this?

What is happening?!

Well, Alex tried to hire him. But he signed on with Imagos instead. She's been doing nothing but slinging shit at him since.

It was rather cute that anyone familiar with Leonard French's stance on fair use would think that he would work for someone who abuses the DCMA system. But then again, very little in her conduct has smacked of someone acting from a place of reason.

OK, I'm DEFINITELY going to sit down and let Leonard French explain this to me for an hour. xD

EDIT: No, TWO hours. Holy crap.

 

[lacktheknack]

On the flip side, Mauer has been served court documentation, whereupon she has decided to forgo a lawyer and represent herself.

Not anymore. On Twitter, she's saying she's going to get a lawyer, because - get this - Leonard French left her old middle name on the official court docs.

Like.

What.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I thought people were joking about him/her (I really don't know, the few videos I watched on YouTube referred to Mauer as both) being trans. That's the world we live in I guess.

Anyway, Jesus, get a grip. I actually pity Mauer, I can imagine feeling like the whole Goddamn world is against you. Hopefully reality slaps Mauer in the face before his/her whole life is ruined. His/her career certainly already is.

 

[Diablo2000]

I thought people were joking about him/her (I really don't know, the few videos I watched on YouTube referred to Mauer as both) being trans. That's the world we live in I guess.

Anyway, Jesus, get a grip. I actually pity Mauer, I can imagine feeling like the whole Goddamn world is against you. Hopefully reality slaps Mauer in the face before his/her whole life is ruined. His/her career certainly already is.

If reports are to be believed, she already cutted ties with her family for the awful crime of pleading her to get help, so she's already going in that direction. I worry she's hurt herself or others if the situation escalates, but I don't pity her. Most of this situation was and continues to be out of her own making.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

 

[direkiller]

On the flip side, Mauer has been served court documentation, whereupon she has decided to forgo a lawyer and represent herself.

Not anymore. On Twitter, she's saying she's going to get a lawyer, because - get this - Leonard French left her old middle name on the official court docs.

Like.

What.

Funny thing is it's probably going to change anyway on the next amended complaint. It looks like the first amended complaint was processed at the same time as her accepted summons, which means it was probably written before she complained about it but processed after(because moving at the speed of courts).

my guess is second AC(with the middle name removed or shorted to T) and retraining order are going to be processed Wednesday or Friday.

 

[WindKnight]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

She. Alex Mauer is a woman.

And she may be a total asshole who is fighting the help she needs, she's still a woman.

 

[CaitSeith]

This has gotten nasty.

Mauer was in the wrong, no questions asked...

But when people are digging out her birth certificate, old photos of her and deadnaming her, it's clear that some are less interesting in fighting injustice than piling onto a trans woman. None of that crap is warranted or necesary or has anything to do with what Mauer was doing.

I agree. The goal doesn't justify any of that.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

She. Alex Mauer is a woman.

And she may be a total asshole who is fighting the help she needs, she's still a woman.

Oh, I thought she was trans or something. Alex is a man's name in the original Greek (short for Alexander) so I didn't think about it.

 

[WindKnight]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

She. Alex Mauer is a woman.

And she may be a total asshole who is fighting the help she needs, she's still a woman.

Oh, I thought she was trans or something. Alex is a man's name in the original Greek (short for Alexander) so I didn't think about it.

She is. She is a trans woman, and the WOMAN part of that should clue you into the fact she is, indeed, a woman.

 

[CaitSeith]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

She. Alex Mauer is a woman.

And she may be a total asshole who is fighting the help she needs, she's still a woman.

Oh, I thought she was trans or something. Alex is a man's name in the original Greek (short for Alexander) so I didn't think about it.

She is. She is a trans woman, and the WOMAN part of that should clue you into the fact she is, indeed, a woman.

Let's not lose our heads about the gender. Besides, Alex is also short for Alexandra (also in the original Greek).

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

The thing is what did she THINK was going to happen? I honestly wonder how she came to any conclusion other than exactly what's playing out.

 

[Bilious Green_v1legacy]

The thing is what did she THINK was going to happen? I honestly wonder how she came to any conclusion other than exactly what's playing out.

Alex Mauer seems pretty detached from reality at this point, so assuming that rational thinking is driving her actions is probably a mistake. Based on comments she has made to SidAlpha and others, it appears she thinks she's in the right (morally and legally) and everyone is trying to foil her righteous agenda, and doesn't comprehend just how deep in the shit she has dug herself.

 

[RaikuFA]

Huh, I heard the story in that one Jimquisition but never payed it much heed so I didn't know it reached these heights. It definitely sounds like that dude is nuts. I wonder if we need to look at the psychiatric ward that released him.

She. Alex Mauer is a woman.

And she may be a total asshole who is fighting the help she needs, she's still a woman.

Oh, I thought she was trans or something. Alex is a man's name in the original Greek (short for Alexander) so I didn't think about it.

She is. She is a trans woman, and the WOMAN part of that should clue you into the fact she is, indeed, a woman.

Doesn't help that looking up Alex's name on Google brings up pics of her pre-op. That ain't helping.

 

[Neverhoodian]

So Mauer rescinded her DMCA claims...only to promptly reinstate them singly rather than all at once. This is presumably an attempt to shut down as many naysayers as possible, as her previous method of blanket DMCA claims only counted as a single strike against a channel, whereas these single claims all count as individual strikes.
What a petty, vindictive thing to do. This is making your usual thin-skinned Steam asset flipper look like an upstanding person.

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

>River City Ransom is indeed off of Steam thanks to this psycho ****. Conatus Creative are one of my favorite dev teams going right now, so this shit now burns me up personally.

>Mauer fired her own attorney. This is getting cartoon levels of inept/evil.

 

[RaikuFA]

>River City Ransom is indeed off of Steam thanks to this psycho ****. Conatus Creative are one of my favorite dev teams going right now, so this shit now burns me up personally.

>Mauer fired her own attorney. This is getting cartoon levels of inept/evil.

I bought that during the Steam sale, does it get deleted from my library?

 

[EternallyBored]

>River City Ransom is indeed off of Steam thanks to this psycho ****. Conatus Creative are one of my favorite dev teams going right now, so this shit now burns me up personally.

>Mauer fired her own attorney. This is getting cartoon levels of inept/evil.

I bought that during the Steam sale, does it get deleted from my library?

No, they would be required to stop selling if they took it to court and lost, but they wouldn't force recall it, like with the oculus vs Zenimax case they had a much more serious claim that the oculus was based on stolen code, but could only really stop them selling new models not confiscate old ones. In a hypothetical case with a digital product there might be a line where a platform like steam would have to revoke consumer access as well but this bullshit claim isn't going to prompt Steam to do that.

This particular DMCA claim is based on nothing anyway so Steam will likely put the store page back up fairly shortly, people that already own the game shouldn't be effected.