Twitch personality Kaceytron is under fire after allegedly restreaming Ethan Klein’s video, Hasan Piker – Content Nuke, without providing substantive commentary. During a recent stream, Kaceytron addressed the accusations by claiming she has no recollection of watching Klein’s “nuke” video, attributing her memory gap to being under the influence during the broadcast.
“I was high and don’t remember reacting to it,” Kaceytron stated during her follow-up stream. She didn’t stop there, further suggesting that the footage showing her passive viewing might have been “doctored” by Klein himself.
All this comes amid growing tension between YouTube content creators and Twitch streamers over “react content”—a format where streamers watch and broadcast others’ videos, sometimes with minimal transformation. Klein has been particularly vocal about what he considers copyright infringement when streamers fail to add original commentary to the content they rebroadcast.
Video evidence reportedly shows Kaceytron watching Klein’s video about Hasan Piker with little to no reaction for extended periods, raising legitimate fair use concerns. Under U.S. copyright law, secondary use of copyrighted material must be “transformative” to qualify as fair use—simply rebroadcasting content while remaining silent or passive typically doesn’t meet this standard.
Legal experts note that Kaceytron’s admission of being high during the stream likely wouldn’t count as a valid legal defense. In fact, her statement basically confirms she wasn’t actively transforming the content—a key part of getting fair use protection.
Twitch’s terms of service explicitly prohibit non-transformative rebroadcasts and warn against streaming while heavily under the influence, creating additional potential platform-specific consequences beyond any legal action Klein might pursue.
