


From 2004–2009, he attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied English Literature and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing. In December 2016, h3h3 productions launched its own podcast which features popular YouTubers and other celebrities.Įthan Edward Klein was born in Ventura, California to an Ashkenazi Jewish family. In the timespan of February 9-11, 2016, h3h3productions released two videos, critical of SoFlo's freebooting practices on their Facebook and YouTube pages. SoFlo (including SoFloAntonio and the rest of the SoFlo employees) in turn have threatened legal action multiple times for libel, slander, and defamation against h3h3 and other YouTubers who make videos criticizing them (this includes Lewis Spears and Marcus Dibble). h3h3 criticized SoFloAntonio for freebooting, the practice of ripping videos and articles off the internet for the purposes of personal re-distribution for attention and monetary gains for YouTube. H3h3 has a long-standing dispute with SoFloAntonio and the whole SoFlo enterprise ever since their SoFloAntonio reaction video was uploaded on April 2, 2015. The channel joined the Freedom! network after their old partner, Collective Digital Studio, turned on them, after their most popular video, Kissing Pranks, was forcibly removed by Fullscreen, a move which Collective supported after legal action was threatened against them. In April 2015, the couple moved from Israel to New York City in the United States, where they resided until 2016, when they moved to Los Angeles. The channel released its first reaction video, about the video poem "Girls Who Read," in November 2013. In the past, he was a prominent critic of YouTube's management.Įthan has also appeared in crossovers with other YouTubers, some of them featuring IDubbbzTV, PewDiePie, and most notably Filthy Frank. The channel experienced rapid growth in viewership in 2015, due to frequent exposure on Reddit, reaching a million subscribers in March 2016.Įthan also discusses trending or random topics and situations in what many deem a clever, interesting manner. The channel has gained a reputation for aggressively criticizing certain Internet trends and personalities as well as the policies of YouTube itself. The channel typically features videos of Ethan reacting to content (ranging from pranksters, hip hop artists, and other YouTubers) uploaded on the video-sharing platform in a light-hearted, humorous manner, intermixed with surreal and comedic sketches. 4 Copyright Infringement Lawsuit + FUPA.
