YouTuber's Copyright, Defamation Suit Rejected

Regardless of whether it was "necessary, accurate or well-executed," a February 2016 work by YouTube video makers Ethan and Hila Klein was unquestionably criticism and commentary of a work by fellow YouTuber Matt Hosseinzadeh, said U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest of Manhattan in an order (in Pacer) Wednesday. It dismissed Hosseinzadeh's motion for summary judgment in his copyright infringement and defamation lawsuit, and granted the Kleins' similar motion. Counsel for Hosseinzadeh didn't comment Thursday.