Scott Alan Malcomson / Roy Calbeck / Pointed Commentary / Roy Kerensky - Burned Fur, AltFurry, MLP fanfic author, ran for Governor of Arizona, is suing IMVU and FurAffinity

[AnOminous]

God bless the Kiwifarms word filters

Anyone who thought this guy was bluffing when he threatened a lawsuit didn't even look into his history, which should have been well known among furfags anyway. He clearly goes into pitbull territory with his lawsuit threats, and actually will sue you.

I'd also argue it's per se defamatory to call someone a Nazi when they aren't, and this guy isn't.

 

[I'm Sorry Ms Pac Man]

I don't know what happened to Gallacci, but this guy has apparently become what he is now.

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stevegallacci/

Ta-da.

 

[billydero]

It's all bizarre. He claims all he wanted was to be recognized as an official contributor to Battletech canon. The original case said he failed to demonstrate anything that could make him considered such. But in the 9th Circuit's writing, it said: "The appeals court said that Scott Malcomson had failed to present sufficient factual evidence at trial to demonstrate that his relatively minor contributions to the Battletech mythology qualified him as a joint owner of the gaming franchise."

He's using those words in every forum he posts on to say "See? The court said I'm a contributor, therefore everything I wrote for them that was published (on a fansite not officially run by any of the companies) is now officially Mechwarrior canon!"

Malcolmson went on several forums to post his opinions on the cases. Seems anyone remotely talking about Mechwarrior, he would make an appearance, copy + pasting his side of the story.

The first message appearing on forums.
Post 9th Circuit.
It looked like there was an edit war on the Sarna.net Battletech wiki, so someone decided rather than just have the back-and-forth insertion and deletion of Malcomson's contribution, they just created a page on the lawsuit itself, from Malcomson's perspective.

While I don’t have any documentation I can say that what he wanted out of the Topps lawsuit changed depending on when you talked to him about it. Before the case went to court he pretty much said that he expected to own all or part of the franchise, and that he had this in the bag. Afterwords, he changed “what he wanted“ to basically just match what the court decision was so it sounded like he actually won.

I would also take the Sarna.net
article with a grain of salt. The way it’s told implies that either Malcolmson or an ally of his wrote it, especially in the tone of Topps being a bunch of buffoons who can’t get their act together, and Malcolmson being the brave, smart poor guy who has to act as his own attorney. I do remember that at the time he was extremely proud of acting as his own counsel, and didn’t bring up the idea of being “too poor to afford an attorney“ until after the case was lost.

I can’t say how much water this case against Furaffinity holds but given his history, I think at the end of the day this is just going to be another nuisance lawsuit.

And yeah, the so-called Tucson gang seems to have a real reputation for being composed of nothing but bullshitters and tall tale tellers. I get the feeling that had they had been born a different time, guys like Groat, and Malcolmson, would’ve been those old dudes sitting around the General store talking about how the cat fish that got away was “12 feet long if he was an inch!”.

 

[Big Nasty]

And yeah, the so-called Tucson gang seems to have a real reputation for being composed of nothing but bullshitters and tall tale tellers.

Plus, two of them are currently serving time for CP possession.
Mitch Beiro and some other shitbag.

 

[Billy_Sama]

This guy wants to be a governor and yet gets offended that his furry group are call Nazis.

He might make it through the politics with the current US political retardness.

 

[AnOminous]

While I don’t have any documentation I can say that what he wanted out of the Topps lawsuit changed depending on when you talked to him about it. Before the case went to court he pretty much said that he expected to own all or part of the franchise, and that he had this in the bag. Afterwords, he changed “what he wanted“ to basically just match what the court decision was so it sounded like he actually won.

That's pretty much my impression. This is based on the general idea that if you got what you wanted, and you "won" the lawsuit, you don't appeal the result. And claiming you won gets even more ridiculous when you lose and you lose on the specific issue you appealed. If you got what you wanted, why would you appeal?

Still, this is a litigious faggot who will tie you up in court for years if you fuck with him. I'd leave him alone.

This guy wants to be a governor and yet gets offended that his furry group are call Nazis.

He might make it through the politics with the current US political retardness.

Whatever else you can say about him, he's not a Nazi. It's a bad idea to call someone this litigious a Nazi because arguably, that's libel per se.

 

[Titan Lithos]

While I don’t have any documentation I can say that what he wanted out of the Topps lawsuit changed depending on when you talked to him about it. Before the case went to court he pretty much said that he expected to own all or part of the franchise, and that he had this in the bag. Afterwords, he changed “what he wanted“ to basically just match what the court decision was so it sounded like he actually won.

I would also take the Sarna.net
article with a grain of salt. The way it’s told implies that either Malcolmson or an ally of his wrote it, especially in the tone of Topps being a bunch of buffoons who can’t get their act together, and Malcolmson being the brave, smart poor guy who has to act as his own attorney. I do remember that at the time he was extremely proud of acting as his own counsel, and didn’t bring up the idea of being “too poor to afford an attorney“ until after the case was lost.

I can’t say how much water this case against Furaffinity holds but given his history, I think at the end of the day this is just going to be another nuisance lawsuit.

And yeah, the so-called Tucson gang seems to have a real reputation for being composed of nothing but bullshitters and tall tale tellers. I get the feeling that had they had been born a different time, guys like Groat, and Malcolmson, would’ve been those old dudes sitting around the General store talking about how the cat fish that got away was “12 feet long if he was an inch!”.

I remember seeing what you talk about. He was gloating long before the court date. And he put it in numerous places. My favorite thing, though, is what I said. He thinks that the 9th Circuit Court "ruled" that he was a contributor. But as far as I can see, the wording is much akin to me giving money to a charity and calling myself a "contributor" to the organization.

I also remember him having a long conversation with someone who supported him, and how he was going to made his own Battletech timeline where there wouldn't be half the stories that many people didn't like, but still accepted.

Also "disabled veteran".

 

[AnOminous]

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stevegallacci/

Ta-da.

On clicking that link, I found out he apparently just learned that e621 exists a few days ago and is 61 years old. The

 

[Uncle Warren]

That's pretty much my impression. This is based on the general idea that if you got what you wanted, and you "won" the lawsuit, you don't appeal the result. And claiming you won gets even more ridiculous when you lose and you lose on the specific issue you appealed. If you got what you wanted, why would you appeal?

Still, this is a litigious faggot who will tie you up in court for years if you fuck with him. I'd leave him alone.



Whatever else you can say about him, he's not a Nazi. It's a bad idea to call someone this litigious a Nazi because arguably, that's libel per se.

I can hear the excited pants of "DO IT FAGGOT" towards roy.

 

[cunt bucket]

Oh man, I remember FO:E, this is the dude who wrote it? Not surprised.

 

[AnOminous]

Oh man, I remember FO:E, this is the dude who wrote it? Not surprised.

No, this is a dude who wrote a fanfic of the fanfic.

 

[cunt bucket]

No, this is a dude who wrote a fanfic of the fanfic.

...............oh. That's worse.

 

[FP 208]

http://archive.md/zT74E
attachment:

 

[The Fool]

, I'm getting some Greer vibes from this guy. Wonder if he's gonna write a book about his "epic IMVU lawsuit"

 

[Big Nasty]

Also "disabled veteran".

"For which I collect ACTUAL disability, thankyouverymuch."

 

[DragoonSierra]

Inflation? Well that explains the Xydexx friendship since they're both inflation obsessed unicorns. And opinionated as fuck on politics.

Also, God, 90ies furries art is a war crime. Even the 2000s animeesque DeviantArt style is better than this.


It looks like it was done in MS Paint, or some really outdated piece of software.

The good 90s furry art is fewer and far between for various reasons. The fandom was less popular, photoshop use was not widespread etc etc. The great thing about it was that it was all traditional hand drawn and I miss that style.

Steve Gallacci. It was published by Fantagraphics. It was actually very professionally drawn, probably for that reason. They also published a compilation called Critters with art by various creators, including mainstream stuff like Freddy Milton's Gnuff. Milton was more or less a mainstream Danish artist who had also worked on Disney properties like Donald Duck, in a largely Barks-influenced style. I believe they even let him draw the Mouse.

This was a time where the creepy fandom barely existed, before the first insanely creepy spergs like Dennis Falk became publicly known.

I don't know what happened to Gallacci, but this guy has apparently become what he is now.

Also, if you check the docket for that Malcomson v. Topps case, it goes all the way to the 9th Circuit, where he files a petition for an en banc rehearing and then a cert petition with the Supreme Court. It was denied, but that shows definite industry. If this guy says he's going to sue, I'd believe him. Whoever he's sued other than IMVU and Sean Piche could be tied up in litigation with him for years. He is not just going to go away without being satisfied.

Go nuts

http://www.stevegallacci.com/
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Steve_Gallacci
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-gallacci-15725590/
http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=12714

https://www.furaffinity.net/user/stevegallacci/
https://sagallacci.deviantart.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Gallacci/e/B00O175ABW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
https://www.google.com/search?q=ste...hWqtlkKHR57CBgQzToIkgEoATAW&biw=1920&bih=1132
http://www.radiocomix.com/birthright

 

[NG 070]

'Vexatious litigant" thread tag when?

Because he sure seems like one to me.

 

[AnOminous]

'Vexatious litigant" thread tag when?

Because he sure seems like one to me.

I disagree. I think he has a valid cause of action. FA can kick off anyone it likes. Calling them Nazis is defamation per se, though.

 

[Goofy Logic]

His furaffinity - Its set to registered users only, so I'm not sure how to archive it. Here's an archive from 2013

First thing I see is this slightly ominous journal threat from 8 months ago:

Formal Cease & Desist Sent to IMVU/FurAffinity
What it says on the tin. Rules violations by staff members against users will stop, or they will be stopped.

No, I will not provide details. FurAffinity has been provided copy of Notice of Cease & Desist for Breach of Covenant. If they want to put out those details, they are of course free to. Legal filing against IMVU, as the parent company, will proceed if these matters are not addressed and staff continue to violate the rights of FA Users under the Terms of Service and Code of Conduct.

Before anyone starts barking about that, I suggest reading them. Particularly the term "enforce", which is the opposite of "violate".

Seems to me this has been simmering for a while, because wasn't there a rift of sorts that happened with furries shortly after Trump got in?

Spoiler: Unedited copypaste of comments

• marmelmm

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Interesting. Do keep us posted!
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• Hellawulf

#link Posted: 8 months ago

*settles down with some popcorn to watch the show*

Good luck, Hoss.
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• MichaelB303

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Good luck dude.
Hope for the best and archive EVERYthing!!!!!
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• Calbeck

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Something I learned from the Topps case. I'd failed to record certain things, and if other people hadn't fucked up and blurted it out anyways, I'd've lost on all fronts (instead of just the joint-copyright claim). I've been archiving this stuff for weeks, and recently handed the mess over during a sit-down legal-counsel session. That's why the decision was made to proceed on this.

Don't sweat it. No matter what else gets shut down or clammed, the existing claims are fully supported by the existing evidence.
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• rabbi-tom

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Going to be curious over this if certain folks are going to be un-suspended over the outcome. Plus Lulz.net Antifa supporters put out a 'hit list' of those on FA they want GONE!
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• Suule

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I've seen that list, I was laughing my ass off at some of the names.

It's not even a list that has "offenders" it's the list of "People we don't like".
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• Karno

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I was weirdly disappointed that my name wasn't on there....
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• rabbi-tom

#link Posted: 8 months ago

HORRORS!! You mean Gun owning, meat eating Farting machine you!
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• zelox_quo

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I was on that list...

Or, am on that list?

Even so. For someone as small and unknown as me to be on there was strange indeed.
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• DerFuhrer~

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Oh god I bet I'm there.
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• rubberbando

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Thank you for fighting the good fight.
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• Coon

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I get where you are coming from, but there is no possible way I see this ending well, for you, or for FA, or for the furry community. I would beg of you to reconsider, but I feel like that would only give you the wrong idea of my political leanings.

Truth is, I have no love for any extremist group. I am however, worried about you as a friend, and what might happen if this actually goes to court and vaporizes the website.
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• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I think XKCD put it best:

https://xkcd.com/1357/

Them changing the rules to disallow hate speech groups is FA/IMVA's prerogative.
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• Varien

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Yes, but is selectively enforcing rules to the benefit and protection of one group's hate speech, when the wording of the rules clearly presents a more neutral stance, also FA/IMVU's perogative?
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• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I refuse to get into a discussion on stuff that amounts of conspiracy theories. If you want to, you have a day, but leave me out of it.
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• Varien

#link Posted: 8 months ago

So, real people having real trouble tickets dismissed out of hand for not being the proscribed hate groups, is conspiracy theory now? http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8408035/
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• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

He said/she said blah-blah, yes, it's all conjecture. Again, leave me out of it.
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• Soaringeagle78

#link Posted: 8 months ago

It's always funny how people try to create a pissing contest between communism and nazism by implying they are equal in concept and should be treated as such. While the results of communism do actually have some of the highest death tolls in history, I would be legitimately interested in seeing what tenet within it what categorize it specifically as a hate group versus just being a system with really shitty effects/is much easier to abuse by the leaders and govts in charge. Nazism and white supremasism do have core, fundamental beliefs that play into hatred of specific groups of people, whereas communism itself doesn't have a social perogative of hatred. I could very well be mistaken, but I seriously doubt that, short of maybe looking at the most extreme versions of communism that mix in with anarchism or just outside beliefs not having to do with communism by the corrupt leaders that integrate stuff like anti-homosexuality, you will find a sincere comparable tenet that is on par with Nazism/white supremacism. Again, I could be wrong, but it's usually a false equivalency that people try to use to show how bad the far left is compared to the far right.

Antifa itself is a little more up for debate. But hey, I didn't know political idealogies were considered a protected class against hate speech.

 

[Golden Compass]

His furaffinity - Its set to registered users only, so I'm not sure how to archive it. Here's an archive from 2013

First thing I see is this slightly ominous journal threat from 8 months ago:



Seems to me this has been simmering for a while, because wasn't there a rift of sorts that happened with furries shortly after Trump got in?

Spoiler: Unedited copypaste of comments

• marmelmm

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Interesting. Do keep us posted!
Reply to this post

• Hellawulf

#link Posted: 8 months ago

*settles down with some popcorn to watch the show*

Good luck, Hoss.
Reply to this post

• MichaelB303

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Good luck dude.
Hope for the best and archive EVERYthing!!!!!
Reply to this post

• Calbeck

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Something I learned from the Topps case. I'd failed to record certain things, and if other people hadn't fucked up and blurted it out anyways, I'd've lost on all fronts (instead of just the joint-copyright claim). I've been archiving this stuff for weeks, and recently handed the mess over during a sit-down legal-counsel session. That's why the decision was made to proceed on this.

Don't sweat it. No matter what else gets shut down or clammed, the existing claims are fully supported by the existing evidence.
Reply to this post

• rabbi-tom

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Going to be curious over this if certain folks are going to be un-suspended over the outcome. Plus Lulz.net Antifa supporters put out a 'hit list' of those on FA they want GONE!
Reply to this post

• Suule

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I've seen that list, I was laughing my ass off at some of the names.

It's not even a list that has "offenders" it's the list of "People we don't like".
Reply to this post

• Karno

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I was weirdly disappointed that my name wasn't on there....
Reply to this post

• rabbi-tom

#link Posted: 8 months ago

HORRORS!! You mean Gun owning, meat eating Farting machine you!
Reply to this post

• zelox_quo

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I was on that list...

Or, am on that list?

Even so. For someone as small and unknown as me to be on there was strange indeed.
Reply to this post

• DerFuhrer~

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Oh god I bet I'm there.
Reply to this post

• rubberbando

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Thank you for fighting the good fight.
Reply to this post

• Coon

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I get where you are coming from, but there is no possible way I see this ending well, for you, or for FA, or for the furry community. I would beg of you to reconsider, but I feel like that would only give you the wrong idea of my political leanings.

Truth is, I have no love for any extremist group. I am however, worried about you as a friend, and what might happen if this actually goes to court and vaporizes the website.
Reply to this post

• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I think XKCD put it best:

https://xkcd.com/1357/

Them changing the rules to disallow hate speech groups is FA/IMVA's prerogative.
Reply to this post

• Varien

#link Posted: 8 months ago

Yes, but is selectively enforcing rules to the benefit and protection of one group's hate speech, when the wording of the rules clearly presents a more neutral stance, also FA/IMVU's perogative?
Reply to this post

• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

I refuse to get into a discussion on stuff that amounts of conspiracy theories. If you want to, you have a day, but leave me out of it.
Reply to this post

• Varien

#link Posted: 8 months ago

So, real people having real trouble tickets dismissed out of hand for not being the proscribed hate groups, is conspiracy theory now? http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8408035/
Reply to this post

• Salen

#link Posted: 8 months ago

He said/she said blah-blah, yes, it's all conjecture. Again, leave me out of it.
Reply to this post

• Soaringeagle78

#link Posted: 8 months ago

It's always funny how people try to create a pissing contest between communism and nazism by implying they are equal in concept and should be treated as such. While the results of communism do actually have some of the highest death tolls in history, I would be legitimately interested in seeing what tenet within it what categorize it specifically as a hate group versus just being a system with really shitty effects/is much easier to abuse by the leaders and govts in charge. Nazism and white supremasism do have core, fundamental beliefs that play into hatred of specific groups of people, whereas communism itself doesn't have a social perogative of hatred. I could very well be mistaken, but I seriously doubt that, short of maybe looking at the most extreme versions of communism that mix in with anarchism or just outside beliefs not having to do with communism by the corrupt leaders that integrate stuff like anti-homosexuality, you will find a sincere comparable tenet that is on par with Nazism/white supremacism. Again, I could be wrong, but it's usually a false equivalency that people try to use to show how bad the far left is compared to the far right.

Antifa itself is a little more up for debate. But hey, I didn't know political idealogies were considered a protected class against hate speech.

Firefox has a built-in full page screenshot option which helps with FurAffinity.