Many fans are concerned about a potential MoistCr1TiKal lawsuit that could endanger the popular YouTube personality and Twitch streamer. As explained by the 31-year-old YouTuber, who also goes by Charlie or Charles White Jr., he received “hefty legal paperwork” that accuses him of stealing content and infringing on the copyright of two storm chasers, namely Brad Arnold and Reed Timmer. Here’s a breakdown of what’s going on with the pending legal issue that could threaten the penguinz0 Youtube channel with a copyright strike.
Reed Timmer responds to potential lawsuit against MoistCr1TiKaL
In a 11-minute video posted on Friday, October 10, Charlie explains that the legal documents he received claim he has taken live weather footage from Brad Arnold and Reed Timmer without their permission. These demands come from an undisclosed law firm representing both Arnold and Timmer.
In 2024 the YouTuber, who is based in Tampa, Florida, covered Hurricane Milton on a stream in a video titled “Hurricane stream” on October 9. During the stream, he used “brief clips” of livestreams from weatherman Ryan Hall, a popular meteorologist on YouTube (who we have cited in the past for hurricane coverage as well). During these clips, which Charlie says “were present for less than 30 seconds” at a time, Ryan Hall would feature storm chasers, which include Brad Arnold and Reed Timmer, who would assist by sharing live footage of the hurricane as they reported from the ground.
Charlie says he tried to reach out to Arnold and Timmer, particularly to see if this potential lawsuit is fake or a scam, but he had not yet received a response by the time he posted the video.
Several hours later, Timmer provided a statement on X (formerly Twitter) in response, saying that Charlie “was included in the latest wave of stolen content from our hurricane streams last year” as part of a larger “campaign against content theft and social media.” The storm chaser explains that content theft is common in the social media space. After noting that Charlie had only “rebroadcast 30 seconds of our live stream,” Timmer says he will remove himself from any content lawsuit against him, though he asks Charlie to “ask for permission” next time so that he can clear it.
Arnold has yet to respond to Charlie’s inquiries about the legal action, at the time of writing.
It is possible that Timmer and Arnold, or the law firm representing them, were using a scraping tool to comb through YouTube videos that have stolen footage from their streams. This would potentially explain why MoistCr1TiKal was included in the content sweep that Timmer described.
