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They were archival footage of old lectures. But also, "really cheap" is only cheap when something is done for profit. When it's done as a charitable side gig t
by strken 29d ago
They were archival footage of old lectures.
But also, "really cheap" is only cheap when something is done for profit. When it's done as a charitable side gig then pretty much any expense is expensive.
- galleywest200 29d agoMy response to that would be “Hey intern/grad student, enjoy your new assignment”
- kube-system 29d agoFor many charitable activities it may be, but also, the University of California system has a 53.6 billion dollar budget. They could pay some people to caption them if they cared to do so.
- strken 29d agoThey could have, but they didn't, then they got sued, and now kids in Kenya can't watch world-class lectures. Thanks, disability advocates! Thanks, UC!
- kube-system 29d agoIt was solely UC's decision to pull the lectures rather than comply with the 36 year old law that they were already well aware of but decided of their own accord to ignore. They never cared about being charitable, they cared about the ROI on their marketing stunt to make themselves look charitable.
- strken 29d agoGood thing we all had the ADA to protect us from free educational material distributed for cynical reasons.
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- kube-system 29d agoUnironically, yes. They are a government land-grant public institution that is supposed to provide services equitably to their citizens. They shouldn’t be pinching pennies to enrich their administrators. They should be held accountable for following the law and their obligations in the work they are required to do. If anyone should be setting an example for equity, or at the least following its own damn laws, it should be our government itself.