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Librarian spent 5 years fighting Proctorio lawsuit for sharing public YouTube videos

Friday November 21, 2025. 01:31 PM , from BoingBoing
Librarian spent 5 years fighting Proctorio lawsuit for sharing public YouTube videos
A Canadian librarian spent five years fighting a lawsuit and burned through his life savings ten times over for doing something millions do every day: clicking the 'share' button on YouTube videos.
Ian Linkletter's nightmare began in 2020 when he tweeted links to seven public YouTube videos from education technology company Proctorio's own help center. — Read the rest
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