His legion of followers has amplified the attacks.ДЄmong 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. Klein understands how search engine optimization (SEO) works, and has titled his puerile videos to show up when my name is searched. 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. Since that time Klein has only escalated his juvenile reaction. This behavior breached multiple litigation laws and showed that he was operating in bad faith. 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). Initially, Klein seemed to be interested in a settlement. The piracy allowed the Kleins to make a substantial amount from their advertisers and sponsors off of stolen property. Triller, not me, filed a lawsuit to stop and hopefully recoup the financial damage that had been done to the company. Not only did H3 and Klein profit from the stolen PPV, but they also bragged on their podcast about pirating it. H3 is broadcast on YouTube and elsewhere. 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. District Court for the Central District of California, Triller filed suit. This is no different in how it harmed Triller, which spent tens of millions of dollars making this product.ДЄfter 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. If a burglar broke into a store and stole millions of dollars of jewelry and resold it, they would be prosecuted. Protecting a PPV event is exactly the same as putting a fence around a factory or placing an armed guard inside a jewelry store.

In the entertainment industry, a great deal of a companyвЂ™s value is in its intellectual property. And the pirates-in this case, H3 and Ethan Klein-were enriched at TrillerвЂ™s expense. But by then, it was too late everyone who would have purchased the event had already watched the pirated version. In turn, YouTube can take several days to investigate and then-maybe-take down the pirated stream, which it did. The owner of pirated content must identify and report the thieves (which Triller did with Klein and H3 ). In an ideal and fair world, it would be YouTubeвЂ™s responsibility to stop this вЂњgrand theft.вЂќ Instead, current laws make it TrillerвЂ™s responsibility. 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 TrillerвЂ™s pirated PPV. Unfortunately, in this case, podcasts like H3 and Ethan Klein didnвЂ™t just pirate the fight for personal use. 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. While still illegal, itвЂ™s usually a single person pirating for their own viewing. Pirating PPV events is not a new phenomenon. At the price we set for the PPV, $49.99, that equals far more than $100 million in lost revenue. Thanks to internet piracy, we estimate in excess of 4 million unique views of the fight were stolen. The Paul-Askren fight was successful, but not as successful as it should have been. 28, 2020 fight between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., which sold 1.6 million pay per views (PPV). It was one the first events of our new business, Triller Fight Club, following our initial foray into the fight game, the Nov. 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. I was left with no choice but to do exactly what he has told his millions of fans I did prior, sue him.

He has lied to his followers and the public and profited from it.

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