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Re:Berkeley Removes 20,000 Free Online Videos to Comply with... by velodrome on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:00PM (#13816003)
The complaint was put forward by two employees of Gallaudet University - not students.

Gallaudet University is a private university for the deaf. I would like to point out that their videos are not friendly to those with visual impairments and they should have their videos removed for the same reason UC Berkeley has to remove theirs. Here are a few such examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffqU3mT4k1o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWdF7G1SrzA

Re:Berkeley Removes 20,000 Free Online Videos to Comply with... by brothercolor on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:19PM (#13816180)
There have been debates among those in the Deaf community on how best to make their videos accessible. Many in the Deaf community routinely add image descriptions and other kinds of captioning/access to their videos and images, usually on Facebook or other social media.

I have yet to see the greater hearing community routinely engage in this kind of universal thinking in access; thinking about people in terms of capabilities and designing their messages with as many capabilities in mind as possible given the technology at hand.

An quote from the article can be rewritten:

"Berkeley had two choices: spend a fortune adding closed captioning to the videos, or remove them from public view. Cost-conscious administrators chose the latter option."

or...

"Berkeley had two main choices: spend money and/or spend time making their content accessible to everyone, or backtrack on their commitment by removing from public view. Privileged administrators (who likely do not need the benefit given by making this content accessible) chose to hide the content rather than be responsible stewards for knowledge."

Re:Berkeley Removes 20,000 Free Online Videos to Comply with... by ruleabidinguser on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:31AM (#13876768)
This zealotry needs to stop.