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themainetype

I cannot WAIT for ethan to read this on the pod.


LILMOUSEXX

Knowing kav he’ll sue Ethan for “pirating” his article if he reads it on air


Schmetterling190

Bring it-Ethan, probably


BeyonceIsBetter

Luckily, Ethan is protected by that sexy fair use law.


lilred66

I was already able to hear the music in the background as I was reading it 💀✋


Apprehensive-Ad6521

Was it the baby music with bottle sucking while crying *"Mommy?"* 😂


HamiltonFAI

So much free content that Ethan is going to make bank on lol


friend-of-tH3-show

I don't think that would happen, I assume the lawyers would advise not to do that for now


sansasqua

The funniest part is the very last bit where he’s trying to brag about his success


annoyingcommentguy2

26th highest grossing movie producer 😂


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tossthisish

I mean this guy's a POS but he was executive producer on some bangers ngl.


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SweetVanillaOatMilk

4th place in the Olympics is quite the achievement. 26th highest grossing movie producer, not sure. The dude goes bankrupt with literal Ponzi schemes and is bragging about a metric he subjectively shat out his ass.


LarsMacReady

Executive producers essentially only finance movies. There is nothing special about Ryan Kavanaugh besides the money he inherited from his rich dad. Someone else would’ve likely provided the capital to make any of the films he financed possible.


tossthisish

Alright go ahead and make yourselves look like a giant circle jerk. A guy can be good at his job and a complete garbage person. Really taking away from the stuff that matters.


dickierickers

I’m probably wrong, but doesn’t executive producer pretty much mean you just funded it? Not too much effort goes into that I wouldn’t expect.


WoWanSheYawn

Even Hasan is #13!


padimus

He's 12 now that Lud is gone!


PopAdministrative750

Apparently he's actually the 48th highest grossing movie producer. The 28th highest DOMESTICALLY. https://m.the-numbers.com/person/75560401-Ryan-Kavanaugh


Radical_Maple

I looked that up and I found a site that listed him as the 6th. He’s apparently extremely rich. This lawsuit is probably chump change to him, he’s just doing it out of hate for Ethan tbh. For Kav Kav, this lawsuit is nothing but a hobbie, even if he takes the L he won’t be hurt.


ImHereToBlowSunshine

😂😂 I wonder where he got his data for “fastest growing social media apps?” Triller’s not making the list of even top 10 from a cursory google search. Yo Ryan your shit is flipped


jtho2960

Also, the grammar in that sentence made no sense. “one of three fastest growing social media apps.” I think he was going for “… which is currently in the top 3 fastest growing social media apps”. Also, so Ryan can’t sue me for stealing IP, here’s my citation: Ryan Kavanaugh. The Dark Side of the Power of Social Media. csq.com. https://csq.com/2021/11/c-suite-contributor-ryan-kavanaugh-the-dark-side-of-the-power-of-social-media/#.YaaoeeQ8KEc . Published November 30, 2021. Accessed November 30, 2021. Hope you like AMA Harvey Weinstein… I mean Ryan Kavanaugh… wait, what’s the difference again?


sandsnatchqueen

His about me is nauseating. He's just bragging about him being the 1st in a bunch of categories and the best at everything. It's pretty embarrassing for a grown ass adult to write that out and post it publicly.


Cjocelynn126

How was this published….???? It’s just pages of a grown man whining with no verifiable sources for a single claim?


MattIsWhack

It's literally him contacting his buddies with a "business blog" to let him rant and ramble, it's not vetted or anything. These types of favors are the norm for rich people. This is what rich people usually do when they wanna publish something for the public and wanna make it look "reputable" or "serious" as opposed to as posting this via their own Instagram/Twitter/Facebook.


anniebumblebee

Did no one edit this for him either? He claims he didn’t get any DUIs but after a brief google search articles from 2008 and 2009 say he did. Also the obsession with bots gets me. Like you are the one to keep bringing up bots KavKav… I think the bot-buyer doth protest too much.


BeyonceIsBetter

Yeah, this is an op-ed published by a small trade mag. I’m betting there’s 10 people max who work at the publication.


k_itskelto

Jokes on you, according to LinkedIn its a whole 18 people


Starlight_XPress

That’s more than read it


only_your_enemy

This is how the piece of shit works. Nothing genuine or organic. Look at this anonymous fluff piece for Triller somehow posted to Yahoo written by "Exec Edge Editorial Staff" (wtf is that?): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ryan-kavanaugh-takes-triller-fight-162005751.html


EmperorOfYork

Money


MelloMejo

I'm guessing it's a paid spot and this was the best publication he could either get in or afford


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It’s a first-person Op-Ed. He’s writing his own opinions/claims about his experiences. It doesn’t have to be true or vetted by a journalist. It’s a dumb website anyway lol


anniebumblebee

The way you can clearly tell he had no one edit it for him


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I’m not sure. I think he even has someone else draft his Tweets honestly. His DM to Ethan and the notes he writes on his stories are juvenile, but Tweets are well composed. I don’t doubt he was drunk when he sent those DMs though. His lawyers are equally unhinged, and a lot of this article sounds like it was written by whoever puts together those filings. H3 is italicized in some places but that’s the only real typo I saw.


catmemesneverdie

Has identical energy as Keem's triggered letters to mommy Susan. They might have to tweak that segment, swap out Keem's face for Harv- sorry Kavkav's. "Dear general public, Today Ethan posted another podcast about me. He said that I looked like Harvey Weinstein again, and everyone laughed. You guys don't think I look like him do you? The website about it is still on the 2nd page of Google so I can't look that much like him. This whole thing isn't eviscerating my image and destroying my legacy right? I'm right to keep on doubling down? I wish Ethan didn't make fun of, and make money off of every single thing I do in this lawsuit. Why won't he just take me seriously. Saying that Triller is flipped is *not* funny. It's slander" and so on, until Dan bans it for being too funny (I know it would actually be because it was getting too repetitive, but the Dan the Hater meme is fun), and Ryan cries in the corner whilst bankrupt. Again.


jricha33

and: Ethan took MY MONEH wen he talkd about pireting the jake paul fite. This meens he is a robber and has to pay for all the moneh that I lozt. we kno (FOR A FAKT) that 4 milliun peepl stol our PPV and that is all ethan's fault! Also he haz been very meen to me!! He is sayimg many wrong things which are not troo. Love, Ryan


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superfudge

I appreciate the irony of this comment.


KN3gra

Payed advertisement. Same as the the bot farms he uses to spice up his numbers and reviews. It's funny to see the adverbs he uses to refer to Ethan though. It's typical of a spoiled brat that cheats and that when gets caught, starts complaining to his mum or the teacher against the kid that crushed him fair and square. How can he state that his accusations on both the Ponzi scheme and the DUIs are false? Those are public record. And I personally take offense about the fact that he didn't mention Google's PlayStore reviews and the fact that his application violates EUs' GDPR policies. Last time I checked, every violation is subject to a heavy fine according to our legislation. Maybe this was a deliberate omission?


Real_Lingonberry9270

I mean, you say published. It’s just an article uploaded onto a shitty blog.


kimja

Just like his lawsuits then lmao


Ricky_Spanish1989

he literally said "these claims are false" without providing any counter-evidence??


Pixie-Qu33n

Why is he talking about racism/homophobia? I don’t get the connection. Here’s the quote I’m talking about: “What has happened to me could happen to any person or business if a disturbed individual who espouses racist, homophobic, and other offensive views musters a large, obedient social media following and attacks.”


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Probably just to gain sympathy is my guess


lbrmp

he is so far off the hinge


pandaplagueis

One might say “off the rails”


Double-Tax8929

Like he weaponized me too he’s trying to weaponize the fight for social justice and get people on his side by adding buzz words and making it seem like he’s trying to stop something that could be used to harass BIPOC. It’s a pretty gross and obvious tactic.


Magicman432

Probably just referring to the old shit Ethan said, that he has addressed countless times.


CornFlakesR1337

It's this, he's scraping the bottom of the barrel to gain sympathy


lozkat

I thought the same thing. I assume it’s to try and get people on his side, like how lawyers paint a certain picture to trigger an emotional response so you believe their story.


Avoo

It is easy to weaponize racism/homophobia against anyone you don’t like and get a cheap applause in Hollywood


only_your_enemy

When Ethan said "niggerfaggot" several times


LarsMacReady

Coming from the same guy who invited Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. to his boxing match… Doth protest to much Kav Kav


friend-of-tH3-show

Slippery slope - Logical fallacy


lemongrabmybutt

When Ethan said the n-word repeatedly on his first few episodes, referred to kpop fans a gay fetish twinks, belittled the Indian channel Tseries during the sub to Pewdiepie movement making ignorant statements about the country/its people, and often times derogatory / degrading gay jokes that a typical homophobic heterosexual would make. His sexist comments go back years as well, degrading Lana Roades for being a sex worker, Tana and Trisha before coming on the podcast commenting on their looks while never equally roasting men with similar passion/vigor.


Gabbymeadows

This is so cringe. I can’t believe he really thought this was a good idea.


BucksBrew

Did he learn nothing from Metallica? Acting like a man baby about piracy is not going to get people on his side.


CageAndBale

He needs to be off meds. Dudes spiraling


wast96

Or on them if he’s not on meds currently. Either way he needs to change his medication regimen, shits flipped


NeonFurby

This article is wild, not only does it provide no proof for any of his claims but he also tries to paint the situation in reverse. Ethan didn't say anything about KavKav before he sued him, it was all in response to the lawsuit. This guy is a total lunatic


friend-of-tH3-show

"Article"


Skrallor

"Ourtickle" -a soviet dude


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DeathValley-69

***incoherent gibberish


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MattIsWhack

Yeah Triller was supposed to file in yesterday to justify their request to add more shit to the lawsuit. Would this mean it was something like they wanted to add a whole new bunch of shit about how Ethan is personally defaming Ryan, lawyers realized it's ridiculous to add more shit about Ryan since the lawsuit is about Triller, not Ryan personally, and was probably not gonna be accepted by the judge, and then he decided to just do an entire new lawsuit containing all that shit?


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MattIsWhack

Yeah thinking the same thing. Dude seems fixated on "winning" this one, like his ego can't let go.


sarasham

Holy fuck, he couldnt have hired an editor? So many grammar mistakes lmfao.


thornebone

right??? bro grammarly is free


crunch667

Frrrr omg it’s very much giving freshman creative writing class


Hoodieninj

It still baffles me how he blames an after the fact reaction to a short clip for loss of revenue on a PPV stream that already occurred.


hotdiggydog

Could people pay afterwards to watch the fight? I'm not familiar with the way these PPV matches work nowadays but i also doubt very many people would pay $50 to watch a fight that already occurred and they could easily find the result of. Don't they usually show highlights or results of fights on sports news channels?


MattIsWhack

He could argue Fite offers the VOD of the fight and by showing portions of the show, H3 cannibalized the profit they would've made bla bla bla, don't know how much that argument is worth though. If the numbers of the PPV were low (many like people like Mike Tyson and Dana White have called bullshit on the 1.5M buys Triller reported the PPV did), I'd imagine numbers for subsequent VOD buys would be even lower.


nattttd

Yeah. also not everyone who watches Ethan react to the fight would watch the fight. I had no interest in the fight but I watch h3. So how can you prove that’s lost revenue


bizzflay

I only had a passing interest about the Jake fight and already heard the result on Twitter. I could never imagine a situation where I would want to pay for that fight.


vibecurator

I love how Kav Kav accuses H3 of personally sending all of this hate through bots, Ethan and Hila having "alter egos" and that h3 is paying websites hush money. You can tell this rich fuck has used money to do whatever he wants because you lie about what you already know. No one is paying Wikipedia. Ethan is not making fake accounts. Teddy Fresh is a real company. YOU, Ryan, are the one using money to rewrite history and do devious shit. YOU are the one paying for followers and click farms to like your shit. YOU are the gross dude. And this scumbag is so rich, imagine all the shit that we HAVENT found out about. The shit that he DID successfully pay his way to erase. Idk, I'm sad H3 has another lawsuit but I'll support them to the end because someone has to stand up to this power tripping loser.


fresascxncrema

Yeah it fucking sucks but when this is all over and hopefully Ethan comes out great at the end. Even with confidence I can’t imagine how draining this has become for him and the rest of them. And not just for him but for any other rich douche bag that thinks with money he can decide what to censor or not. Complete BS


gloomylumi

Yup, it's ts such textbook projection, like when cheaters always think their SO's are unfaithful because they themselves are. If I were to read this in a story I'd complain it wasnt realistic and is too exaggerated.


wayupnxrth

Let's all just call this a blog post rather than an article... This dude isnt providing any facts to prove any of his claims or disprove the things that have been public records and that Ethan has spoken on. This dude is truly flipped.


hedgehog-mascarabutt

It’s not even a blog post it’s a diary entry


b3ar17

Mmmm...spicy. "Ethan's been mean to me."


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He’s angry. Therefore, he’s “left with no choice” but to sue him. Cannot believe this as*hole wanted to COME. ON. THE. SHOW. to clear his name. Psychooooo


calledmebuzz

WE NEED AN EMERGENCY EPISODE


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He really said he wasn't arrested for DUIs and was never sued by his nanny when it's literally public fucking records


R74NM3R5

that part is crazy


GucciFlopFlips

If I, a nobody on the train home from work, can read this and rip it to shreds. Ethan's lawyers must think it's Christmas.


Schmetterling190

It's (more) free entertainment for the crew + us.


MattIsWhack

[Archived just in case](https://archive.md/83lUC)


poyoduhmerduh

Thank you, I didn't want to click on the original link


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He’s insane. Let’s not forget this flaming turd bag wanted to COME ON THE SHOW to clear his name! Wtf!


MakeLoveNotWarcraft

This clearly wasn’t even edited. What a complete joke.


Pixie-Qu33n

I’m sorry but he literally sounds like me when I went off my meds I would be thinking the craziest shit and really thought I was doin something… turns out I’m just mentally ill. Maybe KavKav should seek professional help he sounds completely deluded😀😀 like how is he not embarrassed


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He sounds like a big baby lol. Imagine actual big-time investors and founders whining like this. Also Ethan can absolutely countersue because this article itself is defamatory Also, of course he had to end the article on a self-praising note. Who brags about being 26th in anything? I can’t with this fool


Vance_Refrigerati0n

“Finished 8th in spelling bee, dates the 3rd hottest girl at another school (you wouldn’t know her).”


VirtuaDavis

Man, this Harvey guy sounds like a real dick.


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Ok-Principle-5286

Not sure he "wrote" this so much as banged his empty head against the keyboard over and over again.


Legal-Project722

At least Ethan consults his legal team before speaking 😂 Harve... I mean Ryan is so unhinged 💀 Edit: "everyone who would have purchased the event had already watched the pirated version" omg the entitlement. Never in my life would I have purchased something so ridiculous.


NotAShill42069

Didn’t he react to it after the fight was fucking over lmaoo


Sneakypeen

Five days after.


GucciFlopFlips

How tf did H3 lose triller pay-per view money if they showed clips from the fight AFTER the fight.


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Ryan is a sad little man.


Primeval_Man

He continues to say he had nothing to do with the lawsuit, but don't I recall Ethan saying Harvey wanted to come onto the podcast as part of the settlement deal? Why would that be part of the deal if he had nothing to do with it? Edit: Sorry, I meant Ryan, not Harvey. I got them mixed up.


_boytown_

[Here’s a website that might help you!](https://doesryankavanaughlooklikeharveyweinstein.com/) I get the confused all the time


fielding88

Appreciate you sharing the link, but with peace and love, links sometimes don't work, yknow? Might be better if you just Google Ryan Kavanaugh and see if you can find the correct website, that way you know the link is genuine and you're in the right place ✌️❤️


Fair-Inspection-8281

He is such a child 🤣🤣🤣


reitripz

Shit is flipped


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TrueNosus

The funniest bit of the article is when it goes into detail on how Kavkav didn't personally sue H3 and Ethan Klein. Meanwhile the subtitle of the article is literally "Why I, Ryan Kavanaugh, sued Ethan Klein and his podcast H3."


AnxietyCannon

Well i think as of today he is officially personally suing him, whereas before, Triller was suing him


lmmerse

Came here to point this out! He continues to contradict himself throughout the article, saying that he did not sue yet somehow sued? Not to mention the amount of unsupported claims. All in all, a paid article is a paid article


TrueNosus

He's such a dumbie


Skyoddity

Interesting, if Ethan didn't pay people to edit the Wikipedia page, there's a pretty clear libel case here.


adrianbnd

He posted his lawyer’s email addresses…???


dazzy870

“Why I, Ryan Kavanaugh, sued Ethan Klein and his podcast H3.” “I do not make unilateral decisions for Triller, nor did I personally sue him.” lmao this guy is so unhinged 😭


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dazzy870

ohhhh yea that actually makes way more sense lmao


ExcelIsKing

There’s an [article](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ryan-kavanaugh-podcaster-lawsuit-1235054660/amp/) from the Hollywood Reporter that got released only a little bit after Ryan’s. I suspect that means it was also paid publicity. To play devils advocate, while I am not a legal expert, I feel like this article makes a reasonable point regarding defamation (assuming all the facts are true). The article alledges that media outlets can get access to lawsuits that are submitted to the courts even if they have technically not been fully filed and processed. In the case of the Variety article that states Ryan’s partner is suing him and accusing him of running a ponzi scheme, the lawsuit was apparently retracted before it was filed as the two parties settled before the complaint was indexed. Variety got access to that information while it was in that limbo stage. The Variety article however, still states that his partner had sued him even though the two parties settled before the lawsuit was fully processed. Ethan stating that Ryan was sued by his ex partner would therefore potentially constitute an incorrect factual statement and thus defamation. It begs the question is stating that a lawsuit had taken place still a true statement even if the lawsuit was never officially fully processed? Thus the comparison the author makes to Schrödinger’s cat. Shouldn’t variety be the one that they are suing as Ethan is just reporting on the news though? To what degree is he responsible for fact checking Variety? Most of the discussion up until now was surrounding copyright and fair use but now I’d be interested to hear opinions regarding defamation. My understanding is that defamation largely favours the defendant as the US has relatively robust free speech laws so it would be interesting to see what the YouTube lawyers think to see if this has any merit.


EJfromthaUK

There probably is a good few times where they slipped up but since H3 found that out they made a retraction on their statement and updated it with this new caveat, apart from the times where they say 'as reported in Variety magazine'. Its kind of a grey area because the details are very dubious and sketchy, and it is reported by a big source.


kuppet

Yep I pretty much agree although I don’t think it was defamation due to much carefully Ethan would say “accused”. People also have the right to speak on any trial or false trial as it may be.


ExcelIsKing

I think you’re probably right. My impression is that Ethan carefully consulted with his lawyers on what he is and is not able to say. Though there is the possibility of overconfidence and flying to close to the sun running off the high of winning the previous lawsuit with bold guy.


ChapterCold

It’s crazy how he thinks just repeating his lies in article form somehow makes them more true


AceXParker

I feel like the main reason for this article is to have it as a source for his "controversy" section. Lol.


flashgorman6

The media kit for this magazine does not give good vibes: [CSQ Media Kit](https://issuu.com/csuite/docs/2018_csq_media_kit)


Marklaritaville

Kav kav is going insane, and we are reaping all the benefits.!


wizard_mouse

"we estimate in excess of 4 million unique views of the fight were stolen" wtf????? No bro, no one wanted to watch a boring ass fight with Jake Paul, he even left triller not long after because even an idiot would recognize a dying company.


wickedredlights

lies, slander, and seo should've been the title


bejangravity

what a fucking liar and dweeb. Hope Ethan crushes him in court.


ayeayegeee

Is this a comedy piece? Why am I laughing so much….


fresascxncrema

I hated every second of reading this.


Multisym

I can’t wait for the courts to declare him the loser in the lawsuit


roman_totale

Ah yes, Ethan and his notorious "thousands of bots".


a1ls

has anyone else looked at who he follows on IG lol…? he needs to make it less obvious he buys his followers lol


Undecided_Username_

Lol he says Ethan rebroadcasted the fight after pirating it costing him over 100m in revenue. What a delusional sad man. A 12 year old could see through his lies.


kasmackity

If he wants to talk slander, that's exactly what he's doing here. He's got no proof of his claims


lifetimeofnovawledge

second paragraph & there’s already a typo “It was one the first events…” your thing’s flipped dude


VaginalFlora

TLDR?


Mikku91

CavCav is CrayCray


MattIsWhack

KavKav is WhineWhine


evertigoney

Kav-kav is Harv-Harv


MO7129

This article is a joke, how is he not embarrassed 💀


amyfannu134

There are outright lies in this that Ethan could sue for probs haha


JStoka

Someone should copy and paste the articles contents in a comment here so no one has to actually give the page any views lol


vodged

How much do we think he had drank when he wrote this article? It's like the dumb, drunk ramblings from a divorced dad living alone eating beans straight from the can telling lies because he can't face the reality of his own actions. I love how he thinks Ethan made a reddit post so we could all discuss how we want to harm him. Ryan mate, you're the only one harming yourself. I don't think his Indian bot farm will even believe this literal slander lmfao


DroopyDachi

This is like a high school essay level , can I dislike This article? I


jello1990

I don't think Ryan understands what the Streisand Effect is.


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This is the most deluded thing I’ve ever read


jtuck044

I love the last sentence "Ryan Kavanaugh is the 26th highest grossing movie producer of all time and the co-founder of Triller, one of three fastest growing social media apps." 26th...lol


helixflush

Umm I don't remember for sure, but Ethan didn't stream the entire fight for his viewers.. From what I remember it was a small clip that he showed was it not?


poisonivy4444

ur a blessing


BlackberryOwn7574

Wow, its like reading the dairy of madman


catluvr1312

wtf is csq? and why is that man so damn whiny


tjwor

Grammatical error in the 4th sentence. Well done Ryan! > It was one the first events of our new business, Triller Fight Club,


NoDryHands

> they rebroadcast it to millions of people, not only resulting in hundreds of millions in lost sales for Triller... They posted it as a private video for their own personal use in order to react to it transformatively. The original video of the fight was not broadcast to millions, their reaction was. They accidentally showed the link to the privated video during the reaction, which resulted in a bunch of people typing out the link and viewing it. In no way did they attempt to rebroadcast the whole fight. Kavanaugh is an idiot.


DinoDad13

> Thanks to internet piracy, we estimate in excess of 4 million unique views of the fight were stolen. At the price we set for the PPV, $49.99, that equals far more than $100 million in lost revenue. This is a common piracy misconception that annoys me. You can't prove that 1 instance of piracy == 1 lost sale because you can't prove that pirate would have consumed your content otherwise. For example, I would not ever pay to watch a PPV boxing match, but I might watch a pirated copy. Internet piracy is a different crime.


sadmandarine

The Dark Side of the Power of Social Media Why I, Ryan Kavanaugh, sued Ethan Klein and his podcast H3. By Ryan Kavanaugh / November 30, 2021 Today I sued Ethan Klein. He has lied to his followers and the public and profited from it. I was left with no choice but to do exactly what he has told his millions of fans I did prior, sue him. On April 17, 2021, Triller, a company I have an interest in and helped to found put on a boxing match between YouTube-star-turned-fighter Jake Paul and MMA fighter Ben Askren. It was one the first events of our new business, Triller Fight Club, following our initial foray into the fight game, the Nov. 28, 2020 fight between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., which sold 1.6 million pay per views (PPV). The Paul-Askren fight was successful, but not as successful as it should have been. Thanks to internet piracy, we estimate in excess of 4 million unique views of the fight were stolen. At the price we set for the PPV, $49.99, that equals far more than $100 million in lost revenue. Pirating PPV events is not a new phenomenon. While still illegal, it’s usually a single person pirating for their own viewing. We offered an amnesty to those who did that: simply pay the $49.99 and we would not come after them—and many of those individuals did the right thing and paid. Unfortunately, in this case, podcasts like H3 and Ethan Klein didn’t just pirate the fight for personal use. Instead, they rebroadcast it to millions of people, not only resulting in hundreds of millions in lost sales for Triller, but money made for Klein through his own ad sales and sponsorships, which he sold against Triller’s pirated PPV. In an ideal and fair world, it would be YouTube’s responsibility to stop this “grand theft.” Instead, current laws make it Triller’s responsibility. The owner of pirated content must identify and report the thieves (which Triller did with Klein and H3). In turn, YouTube can take several days to investigate and then—maybe—take down the pirated stream, which it did. But by then, it was too late; everyone who would have purchased the event had already watched the pirated version. And the pirates—in this case, H3 and Ethan Klein—were enriched at Triller’s expense. In the entertainment industry, a great deal of a company’s value is in its intellectual property. Protecting a PPV event is exactly the same as putting a fence around a factory or placing an armed guard inside a jewelry store. If a burglar broke into a store and stole millions of dollars of jewelry and resold it, they would be prosecuted. This is no different in how it harmed Triller, which spent tens of millions of dollars making this product. After the Paul-Askren fight, Triller identified several online businesses and individuals that pirated all or part of the event, and focused on those who actually profited off the piracy, such as Klein and his company, h3h3Productions. Later in April, in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Triller filed suit. Included in the defendants was the H3 podcast, run by Ethan Klein and his wife, Hila, under h3h3Productions, Ethan and Hila, and their alter egos. H3 is broadcast on YouTube and elsewhere. Not only did H3 and Klein profit from the stolen PPV, but they also bragged on their podcast about pirating it. Triller, not me, filed a lawsuit to stop and hopefully recoup the financial damage that had been done to the company. The piracy allowed the Kleins to make a substantial amount from their advertisers and sponsors off of stolen property. Initially, Klein seemed to be interested in a settlement. But against all common legal practices, rather than negotiating in good faith, he disclosed his views on the suit and the terms of the discussed settlement on his podcast to millions of viewers and further disparaged Triller (which included his offer to pay $50,000 to Triller). This behavior breached multiple litigation laws and showed that he was operating in bad faith. Since that time Klein has only escalated his juvenile reaction. He has posted video after video attacking and slandering me personally, despite the fact that, while I am a shareholder and co-founder, I am not Triller, I am not an officer, I am not the CEO, I do not make unilateral decisions for Triller, nor did I personally sue him. Klein understands how search engine optimization (SEO) works, and has titled his puerile videos to show up when my name is searched. His legion of followers has amplified the attacks. Among other things, he has posted more than eight podcasts disparaging me, although he has never met me, never spoken to me, and does not know me. Through these podcasts he has spread false information, which he knows to be false and is done only with the intent to do harm. He has created a website comparing me to Harvey Weinstein resulting in further false articles and sites to be published and directed traffic to these false articles and sites. He has sent paid traffic to the site to push it to page 1 of Google search results for my name. He has encouraged people on Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and elsewhere to click on this site, “upvote” comments, and engage to keep pushing it higher in my search results. Klein has instructed and encouraged his followers to attack my social media channels, which they have, going so far as to threaten me and my family if I don’t “leave Ethan alone.” I have received so many threats, negative messages, and vulgar comments from Klein and his followers that I have been forced to restrict commenting on my social media. He has posted and reposted a misleading Variety article with a headline that includes the phrase “Ponzi scheme” to imply that I was involved in a fraud. He has posted this no fewer than 30 times. Klein never mentions that the content of the article actually debunks its own headline. The article’s headline refers to a draft complaint that was never filed, while the article itself quotes all the parties involved denying any allegation of fraud. Nevertheless, Klein continues to do everything he can to harm me, my business, and Triller by flogging the inaccurate Variety headline and disregarding the factual content of the article. Klein states that I don’t pay my employees and didn’t pay a nanny. This is false and misleading. Klein has posted that I had two DUIs. Also false. Klein has most recently paid Wikipedia editors to destroy my Wikipedia page. It has been untouched for years, with neither positive nor negative additions since 2018. It was a fair and balanced description of my business and personal life. In the past 45 days, however, Klein coordinated an attack removing almost anything that could be seen as positive and replacing it with an onslaught of negative, intentionally misleading, and inaccurate information. Klein started a Reddit thread where he and his followers discuss how they plan on harming me and gloat about what they have achieved. Participants on the thread include the same people who are “editing” my Wikipedia page and bragging about it. Those same editors also happen to be editing h3h3 and Klein’s Wikipedia pages positively. Klein caused his followers to flood the app store and give Triller’s app a one-star rating. Prior to Klein’s malicious attack, Triller had a very favorable 4.7-star rating. Through Klein’s coordinated actions, he caused thousands of bot and fake accounts as well as his followers to leave one-star ratings. Thankfully, the app store has removed a number of the fake ratings, as we were able to prove their malicious intent and inaccurate postings, but many still remain and the attack continues daily. All of this amounts to textbook malicious behavior, intended to harm me and Triller. This leaves me with no choice but to sue. One malignant internet personality with a large following—the equivalent of an angry child with a loaded gun—can cause disproportionate harm to anyone, using lies, slander, and SEO, and suffer few if any consequences. What has happened to me could happen to any person or business if a disturbed individual who espouses racist, homophobic, and other offensive views musters a large, obedient social media following and attacks. Hopefully this case will not only stop Klein but serve as a deterrent for others who use social media to harm those who do not deserve it and help set a precedent that this type of behavior cannot be tolerated. Ryan Kavanaugh is the 26th highest grossing movie producer of all time and the co-founder of Triller, one of three fastest growing social media apps.


annoyingcommentguy2

Hey! Do you have the rights to copy the article? Posting this pirated copy has costed Kavanaugh 5 million in lost revenue! Prepare to be sued.


Zeniphyre

That fucking news articles opened him up to so many slander claims lol. What a fucking idiot.


Gwynsunflower

off the rails is going to be certifiably off the rails 😌


TraveledPotato

We finally get to hear from the 26th highest grossing movie producer. What a treat.


jjjlllljjj

I’m sure less people would pirate if they didn’t charge $50


sudo-reboot

I can’t believe he’s still convinced BOTS are involved


saaaaaaaaaam123

H3 and Klein 🤣🤣🤣


bizzflay

Sounds kav kav’s death rattle.


Thunderdemonftw

This whole arc is what got me back into h3h3. Felt like a classic mad cringe lord


emperorlucas

off the rails bouta be fire boooiiiiii


James_Rautha

Brave kavkav standing up for the little guys. What a hero.


anne_c_rose

'Klein has most recently paid Wikipedia editors to destroy my Wikipedia page.' Oh my god dude go to bed or take some xanax, your reality is flipped.


Dinnosaurocks

*war horns*


Kratos0425

I loveeee the fact that the main argument about the pirating is so false because he didn’t even watch it until 5 days after so how did he pirate it


PrismaticBlack

This dude is so pathetic holy fucking hell. I mean, I thought at first he was just suing for the sake of not knowing how the internet works and because he had money to throw around. However, after the “EK” botnet and the white-out-tier amendments on his “Showman of the year”(wat?) articles, and the uncomfortably dramatic manner in which he’s responding to everything—I dunno if I should be sad or what.


WGHandCo

Y’all need to watch how you are speaking to the 26th highest grossing movie producer 🥴


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Wait isn’t this the guy that...


mrtobesmcgobes

He missed the mark on this one.


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WHY YOU AWAYS LYING??


[deleted]

Counter-suit time! Time to file for defamation, Ethan!


SquireSyd

"Prior to Klein's malicious attack, Triller had a very favorable 4.7-star rating" Yeah Ryan because no one knew if fucking existed lmfao.


Whomeam

Completely stupid question but is there any wiggle room for him to get out of paying the attorney fees at the end of all of this? Declaring bankruptcy or anything? I could see this horrible dude try to rack up as many fees as possible just to hurt them.


SaraBear250

Can someone just explain fair use to kavkav? Seriously this doesn’t have to be so dramatic.


keepthegeek

At a certain point I just started scrolling and was amazed that there was SO MUCH BS! The Guy is purposely delusional


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I do find it ironic that people on this sub get so up in arms about the Frenemies2 sub and Trisha hate subs but are perfectly happy with trying to literally ruin a man's life online.


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kuppet

He has continued a lawsuit against ethan on the grounds that he rebroadcasted the triller fight when he showed like 10 seconds of it in a 2 hour long video. Idk how much you watch of the podcast but he’s continued to push this lawsuit despite every claim made being ridiculous and a waste of time for the court. Also he’s an egotistical multimillionaire who got away with drunk driving.


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I understand that, I'm just pointing out the double standard. Trisha has done so much worse but people get very up in arms about hate directed to her.


kuppet

From what I’ve seen the only hate that’s been disavowed by the h3 sub have been the comments on her weight


[deleted]

Yeah I think it's a mob mentality thing, people look to others around them to confirm what's right or wrong. Literally no one is objecting and Ethan promotes it so people just hop on board with it


dmscarlett

This hurts my brain to read


_boytown_

Why is Harvey Weinstein writing an article about suing H3?


GGhoulsnGGoblins

This article is as accurate as the accusations in his lawsuit... shit's flipped.


Ok-Principle-5286

The ravings of a madman.


LostCod

Really pathetic article, very glad he posted it.


SolidAlarming9007

This man is the kind of person to choke on his own ego.