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Is this inevitably going to lead to fewer free online lectures, as public institutions will now be unable to release the videos for free without including the c

by piker 10y ago

Is this inevitably going to lead to fewer free online lectures, as public institutions will now be unable to release the videos for free without including the closed captioning? How frustrating, particularly in light of the fact that at least a portion of the Deaf community chooses to remain so. EDIT: Plus, as noted, the chilling effect of damages awards.

modeless 10y ago
This is not the first time deaf people have used the ADA to take down free educational materials, and it won't be the last. This is the same reason Stanford's cs231n was taken down as well. Luckily it was downloaded and re-posted by many people so it's still available, but future courses won't be.