He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement

> The terms of the settlement remain confidential, but both Linkletter and Proctorio confirmed that no money was exchanged.

> For Proctorio, the settlement made permanent the injunction that restricted Linkletter from posting the company’s help center or instructional materials. But it doesn’t stop Linkletter from remaining the company’s biggest critic, as “there are no other restrictions on my freedom of expression,” Linkletter’s blog noted.

> “I’ve won my life back!” Linkletter wrote, while reassuring his supporters that he’s “fine” with how things ended.

I would be fucking livid if I spent "ten times over" my life savings over a spurious lawsuit, and the conclusion was basically the company that fucked me getting everything they wanted.

>Proctorio’s CEO, Mike Olsen, “showing up in the comments” on Reddit

Man that's almost NEVER a good choice.

>to fire back at one of his university’s loudest student critics. Defending Proctorio, Olsen roused even more backlash by posting the student’s private chat logs publicly to prove the student “lied” about a support interaction, The Guardian reported.

And somehow he made it even worse ...