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

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 21, 2025
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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 P…

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