Kaceytron streams copyrighted film while fundraising for her own copyright lawsuit – Spilled

TL;DR Kaceytron livestreamed the movie “The Witch” without commentary while collecting donations for her copyright lawsuit defense. The Twitch partner added no transformative elements to the film, primarily smoking marijuana during the broadcast. This isn’t her first time streaming copyrighted films, raising questions about both her legal strategy and Twitch’s enforcement policies. Twitch partner Kaceytron got people talking by livestreaming the 2015 horror film The Witch in its entirety without much commentary while also collecting donations for her ongoing copyright lawsuit defense. During the hours-long broadcast, Kaceytron barely added any input to the A24 film, spending most of her time on screen smoking marijuana. The stream comes at a pretty sensitive time since Kaceytron is currently involved in legal proceedings over alleged copyright infringement. Reports suggest the lawsuit was brought by fellow content creator Ethan Klein as part of a broader wave of legal actions against streamers who make “react content”—a popular format where creators watch and respond to existing media. “React content” lands in a tricky legal area on platforms like Twitch. While many creators aim to stay within fair use by adding a lot of commentary, criticism, or transformative parts, Kaceytron’s broadcast of The Witch didn’t seem to
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