

She does indicate that she filled out W tax forms with Disasterpeace, and that those forms are un-usable in place of an actual document regarding ownership and permission. She is indicating that there was no paperwork between herself and Disasterpeace. River City Ransom, later released as Street Gangs in the PAL regions, is an open world action role-playing beat em up video game originally for the. Now, I had been in touch with Mauer trying to get answers out of her (which then abruptly stopped as I was told "Kotaku got it first"), but I did get Alex's claim regarding this specific DMCA. They go on to say that Rich offered to pay Alex an equal share of the music fee for her contribution to the game's soundtrack and that she was paid in full with her saying at the time "Oh that's awesome man i'm all for it thanks!". Conatus indicates that the written license agreement was made with Rich and that he sub-contracted Dino and Alex.

They go on to list the co-creators of the music: Mauer, Dino Lionetti, and Rich Vreeland, with Rich commonly known by his stage name, Disasterpeace.

Conatus goes on record saying that their lawyers made it absolutely clear that Alex Mauer's claim that the game violates her copyright is absolutely false. Basically, Conatus has determined that the best course of action for River City Ransom: Underground is to commission an entirely new soundtrack and hope for a "clean break" from any negative associations with Alex Mauer's wrongful claim.
