One of the three reaction-stream lawsuits Ethan Klein's company filed in June 2025 is nearing its end — not with a trial or a fair-use ruling, but with a default judgment hearing after the defendant never responded in court.
Allegations Only · No Judgment Entered Yet
This article describes pending litigation. The claims below are allegations from TED Entertainment's court filings. A clerk's default is procedural — no court has adjudicated the allegations on the merits, and no judgment has been entered. This is not a class action, there is nothing to claim, and this page is informational, not legal advice.
What Is This About?
TED Entertainment, Inc. (TEI) — Ethan and Hila Klein's production company behind the H3 Podcast — sued the Twitch streamer and political commentator Frogan, whose legal name is Morgan Kamal Majed, on June 19, 2025. The case, TED Entertainment, Inc. v. Morgan Kamal Majed, No. 2:25-cv-05565 in the Central District of California, alleges willful copyright infringement of "Content Nuke: Hasan Piker," a roughly 102-minute video sharply critical of the streamer Hasan Piker. The complaint also names anonymous moderators of the r/H3Snark subreddit as Doe defendants on a contributory infringement theory.No response to the complaint was ever filed. On May 20, 2026, the clerk entered default against Majed, and TEI has now applied for a default judgment. Judge John F. Walter is set to hear the application on August 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM.
Why TEI Sued Frogan
According to TEI's complaint, Frogan restreamed essentially the entire Content Nuke video on Twitch immediately after its release as a "group viewing session," with little or no transformative commentary. The complaint alleges she "specifically intended her 'group viewing session' to siphon the maximum number of views and revenue away from" the original, profiting through ads, donations, and subscriptions. Press coverage of the suit noted the complaint's claim that streamers left the room at points while the video played. These are allegations — because the case ended in default rather than a contested ruling, no court has ever weighed them on the merits.Frogan acknowledged the lawsuit publicly the day after it was filed, writing that Klein was "suing me for reacting to a video about myself," and launched a legal defense fundraiser. According to legal-press coverage of the docket, she retained counsel and obtained an extension to respond — but no answer or motion was ever filed, which is what led to the default.
What a Default Actually Means
A clerk's entry of default is a procedural step, not a win on the merits. It means the defendant failed to respond, so the court treats the complaint's well-pleaded liability allegations as admitted for purposes of the case — but nothing is owed unless and until the judge grants a default judgment. That is what the August 10 hearing is for: Judge Walter will decide whether to enter judgment and, if so, how much to award. According to press reports on the application, TEI is seeking roughly $180,000 in statutory damages and legal fees; the Copyright Act permits up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement. An earlier version of TEI's application was stricken for failing to comply with the court's standing order and was corrected and refiled at the end of June 2026.The Companion Cases Went Very Differently
TEI filed three lawsuits over reaction streams of the same video on the same day in June 2025, and the three have reached strikingly different endings. The case against Denims — the only defendant who litigated — ended with a loss for TEI: a federal judge ruled her reaction stream was fair use as a matter of law in an order that surfaced July 1, 2026. The Missouri case against Kaceytron settled in December 2025 with a public apology. The Frogan case, by contrast, was never defended — which is why it is heading to a default judgment hearing rather than a fair-use ruling.That contrast matters for readers following the fair-use question: whatever happens on August 10, a default judgment would say nothing about whether Frogan's stream was or wasn't fair use, because the defense was never raised.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Ethan Klein's company suing Frogan?
TED Entertainment, Inc. — the company behind the H3 Podcast — alleges that Frogan (Morgan Kamal Majed) willfully infringed the copyright in the video Content Nuke: Hasan Piker by restreaming essentially the entire roughly 102-minute video on Twitch as a group viewing session with little or no transformative commentary. Those are TEI's allegations from its complaint; no court has adjudicated them on the merits.
What does the default entered against Frogan mean?
A clerk's default was entered on May 20, 2026 because no response to the complaint was ever filed. A default is procedural — it is not a ruling that TEI's claims are true. Money can only be awarded if the judge grants TEI's application for a default judgment, which is set for a hearing on August 10, 2026 before Judge John F. Walter.
How much money is TEI seeking from Frogan?
According to press reports on the default judgment application, TEI is seeking roughly $180,000 in statutory copyright damages and legal fees. The Copyright Act allows up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement. Whether and how much to award is up to the court at the August 10, 2026 hearing.
Can I join or claim anything in the Frogan lawsuit?
No. This is a copyright lawsuit between a production company and an individual streamer — not a class action. There is no class, no settlement fund, and nothing for the public to claim.
Sources
• CourtListener — TED Entertainment, Inc. v. Morgan Kamal Majed, 2:25-cv-05565 (C.D. Cal.)• Complaint — TED Entertainment, Inc. v. Majed (filed June 19, 2025)
• Copyright Lately — status update on the TEI reaction-video lawsuits
• Dexerto — coverage of the June 2025 filings
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