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Re:20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocab... by jonknee on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:48PM (#13887810)
Easy, the rule should be for newly posted content. Most rules aren't retroactive for obvious reasons.
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Re:20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocab... by dragonwriter on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:52PM (#13887874)
The ADA was a pre-existing rule that went into effect many years ago; they were just recently challenged for allegedly breaking it. There is no retroactive application at issue.
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Re:20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocab... by bluetwo on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:53PM (#13887892)
OK. All videos posted after the Americans with Disabilities Act passed.
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Re:20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocab... by abeyer on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:19PM (#13890850)
So you only need to subtitle video posted on the web after 1990? Not a big difference there.
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Re:20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocab... by bluetwo on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:19PM (#13907969)
Yes.
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