This led to Klein hitting out at the pair and going on what he later admitted was a drunken rant about the backlash he had been receiving during the Septemepisode of his podcast. Some fans accused him of "backstabbing" PewDiePie by not publicly defending him, and others suggested that Klein's response to PewDiePie was hypocritical because he also said the N-word in a past episode of his podcast.Ĭommentary YouTubers including Keem and Scarce later reported on the backlash Klein received on their own channels. This led to Klein receiving a lot of backlash. In an episode of the H3 Podcast on September 13, 2017, Ethan and Hila publicly criticized popular gaming YouTuber PewDiePie for using the N-word during a gaming livestream. Klein's video, which has over 9 million views, was widely praised for bringing attention to the situation.Īfter being called out for criticizing fellow YouTuber PewDiePie, Klein went on his podcast drunk and ranted about other YouTubers.Įthan was accused of being a "backstabber" after he gave his view on PewDiePie racism allegations in an episode. A year later, Polygon reported that the Federal Trade Commission, as part of a legal settlement with ProSyndicate and TmarTn, demanded that the two be more transparent about their business ties moving forward. Klein said the two YouTubers were founders of gambling site CS:GO Lotto, which allows players to gamble using in-game items.Īccording to EuroGamer, fans of ProSyndicate and TmarTn were unaware of the YouTubers' link to the site, and the two YouTubers often posting videos showing themselves betting and then winning huge amounts of money.įollowing the release of Klein's video, which was a collaboration with fellow YouTuber Honor the Call, Polygon reported that a lawsuit was filed against Valve, one of the creators of CS:GO by a player, who accused the developers of allowing an "online gambling market" to develop in the game. In the video, he accused two popular gaming YouTubers, ProSyndicate and TmarTn, of an illegal gambling operation through the online game "Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). On July 4, 2016, Klein uploaded a video entitled " Deception, Lies and CS:GO."
Klein called out gaming YouTubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn for being involved in an illegal gambling scheme on CS:GO, with many of the gamblers being underage. The Kleins revealed they won the lawsuit the following year, as confirmed by the BBC.Įthan and Hila called out two of the biggest gaming YouTubers in July 2016. In the video, Ethan and Hila explained that they would be putting the funds raised into a "Fair Use Protection Account" (FUPA), to help finance small creators who needed legal defense for a fair-use lawsuit. Responding to the fund and people's "overwhelming support," Ethan and Hila uploaded a video entitled " A New Chapter for Fair Use on YouTube." Video-game designer Garry Newman also donated to the fund. Ultimately, $170,765 was raised for their "defense fund" and various YouTubers including Daniel "Keemstar" Keem and LeafyisHere donated. In response to this, YouTube star Phillip De Franco created a donation fund on GoFundMe to help the Kleins with their legal costs. Two weeks after their drama with LeafyisHere, H3H3Productions posted a video entitled "We're Being Sued," in which Klein said that they were being sued by fellow YouTuber Matt Hosseinzadeh based on the allegation that their reaction video involving him violated US copyright law, as they used clips of his content. When h3h3 Productions said they were getting sued by Matt Hosseinzadeh, Phillip DeFranco made a GoFundMe to support them.
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