On March 1, 2023, Kick sensation Adin Ross got together with Tyler "Trainwreckstv" and prominent esports personality Jake "JakeSucky" Lucky. During their conversation, the latter inquired about the controversy surrounding popular streamers on the platform re-broadcasting the Super Bowl.
According to Adin Ross, he contacted someone and claimed to have obtained permission to broadcast the annual sporting event. Meanwhile, Trainwreckstv stated that watching copyrighted content will "not be tolerated," and that DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) laws exist on Kick:
Adin Ross was about an hour into his March 1 livestream when Jake Lucky asked him about the recent Super Bowl controversy. For context, the Florida native made headlines when he streamed the Super Bowl LVII on his Kick channel. Jake Lucky inquired:
Adin Ross responded by saying that he spoke with someone who allegedly granted him permission to re-broadcast the NFL event. The 22-year-old content creator then asked Trainwreckstv to elaborate on the situation, to which Tyler replied that DMCA laws "do exist" on Kick.
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Jake Lucky continued the conversation by asking the Iranian-American personality if re-streaming the Super Bowl was a "big marketing ploy." In response, Trainwreckstv stated:
The content creator's clip was shared to the r/LivestreamFail subreddit, where one community member speculated that the gambling streamer would have gotten a "lot of heat" for the debacle behind the scenes:
According to Redditor u/TheLuddy, Trainwreckstv appeared "shook" after hearing the question:
Another Reddit user, u/arthwyr, claimed that the NFL wouldn't ignore such a serious situation:
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