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The content only exists because it's cheap to put online. If you require that someone transcribe it for closed captioning, it is like putting a tax on video up

• DanBC 10y ago
  People said exactly the same about ramps; tactile flooring; high contrast bus interiors; elevators; etc. They could have spread the cost over the 25 years the law has been in place instead of leaving it all until now.
  • unprepare 10y ago
    Why are Americans with disabilities more important than people from other nations? This is entirely separate from your examples, as people in india arent taking american buses or elevators - but they most certainly are taking advantage of american educational content that is publicly available.
• forgottenpass 10y ago
  The content only exists because it's cheap to put online. If you require that someone transcribe it for closed captioning, it is like putting a tax on video uploads. They just won't be uploaded. Because it's prohibitively expensive, or because they can't be arsed? I used to assume the prohibitively expensive angle, but DEF CON has had live closed captioning for 3 or 4 years now, and is done so the recorded material can be used in classrooms with accessibility requirements. If DT can afford it, I have little regard for people who pretend to be committed to educating the masses and still don't bother.
  • mirashii 10y ago
    DEFCON also has a budget of millions of dollars to host a 4 day event, as well as a very loyal and dedicated team of volunteers. What value is there in comparing such a vastly different organization?
    • forgottenpass 10y ago
      ...at $240 a head. That's what sticks out to me. If anyone is entitled to cut this corner on cost, certainly they are.
    • x0x0 10y ago
      The UC system gets over $2B from CA, and I'm not sure, but certainly hundreds of millions from the federal government.