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against the Kleins for copyright infringement in a video on the h3h3Productions channel. Hosseinzadeh claims that he initially contacted the Kleins "to politely ask them to remove content from their video" but that they refused. His lawyer claimed that the video used more than 70% of his work "while
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accusing Ethan of spreading false claims and maliciously targeting him through various platforms. The accusations included promoting damaging articles, creating a website comparing
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country song "Alabama Nigger" by
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