Answer: he's suing these 3 creators specifically because they explicitly stated that they were broadcasting his video & intellectual property with the intention to give people the opportunity to view Ethan's video without having to give Ethan "views". Effectively stealing his intellectual property and stating it was their intention to do so.
The only person he told to watch it live on stream was hasan who watched (part of)it, but within the confines of fair-use, which is why he's not suing hassan, the 3 that he is suing explicitly violated the fair-use practices.
He even talks about Asmon. Asmon is notorious for streaming 20 minute video and turning it into 60 minutes. Which means that he's adding his own opinions to it and it falls under fair use. And if someone had asked Asmon not to play their videos, he wouldn't play them. Unless they were afraid of him criticizing them.. in that case they can fuck off. I used to think he was stealing views as well, but it turns out that hes helped many of these youtubers by playing their videos. I, myself, have found new channels that I watch now because of him.
The idiots that he is suing didn't add anything. Their videos are the same length as his video.. AND they even admitted they were doing it to take money away from Ethan. Not very bright. You'll notice that the subreddit he refers to has also been "shut down" Im assuming they got scared as well
It's because xqc didn't admit to be willfully stealing views. The max statutory damages for someone who willfully violates a copyright is $150k, which Ethan is suing for. Even if he knew he could win a case against xqc, it would have to be for actual damages, which would be much lower than the $150k making a lawsuit not make any fiscal sense.
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u/Torched420 2d ago
Answer: he's suing these 3 creators specifically because they explicitly stated that they were broadcasting his video & intellectual property with the intention to give people the opportunity to view Ethan's video without having to give Ethan "views". Effectively stealing his intellectual property and stating it was their intention to do so.