Berkeley removes 20,000 videos from public access over complaint

DHG1078 · Mar 29, 2017

UC Berkeley removed 20,000 videos they had made available to the public for free over a complaint that there was no closed captioning so the hearing impaired couldn't watch them. Instead of shelling out a fortune to add CC to the videos, they are removing public access so only berkeley students and staff can view them.

I'm actually surprised Berkeley wasn't supportive for the disabled's abilities to use their videos.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/7/berkeley-removing-20k-free-educational-videos-afte/

RedVenom48 · Mar 29, 2017

Lol? They were so horrified they may have offended hearing impared persons that they said only students and staff may watch them?

... well its bay area lunacy at its finest....

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BOOGIE MAN · Mar 29, 2017

this happened over 3 weeks ago didn't it?

The deaf couldn't learn, so now no one can; makes sense.

"One person shits their pants and now we all have to wear diapers"

DHG1078 · Mar 29, 2017

lexustech48 said:
Lol? They were so horrified they may have offended hearing impared persons that they said only students and staff may watch them?

... well its bay area lunacy at its finest....

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No, people made a complaint to the federal government, and the government agreed that all videos needed to be accessible to all people, including the hearing impaired. So their choices were to either spend a fortune adding CC, or remove them all from public access (free).

If they were smart they would upload them all to youtube and rake in the ad revenue.

DHG1078 · Mar 29, 2017

BOOGIE MAN said:
this happened over 3 weeks ago didn't it?

The deaf couldn't learn, so now no one can; makes sense.

"One person shits their pants and now we all have to wear diapers"

Ya it was. Basically that was the federal governments view.

BOOGIE MAN · Mar 29, 2017

DHG1078 said:
Ya it was. Basically that was the federal governments view.

yeah, FED gov't had to act because of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).

"Oh Billy was right, he said 'kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight.'"

03cobra#694 · Mar 29, 2017

DHG1078 · Mar 29, 2017

I guess Berkeley is only supportive until it costs them money.

nxhappy · Mar 29, 2017

poor poor snowflakes ...

SolarYellow · Mar 29, 2017

When I was a kid my neighbor was deaf but he was also a trouble maker. When he'd come over in my yard even though he wasn't invited, we'd place a hand over our mouth so he could not read our lips. He got the message loud and clear.

Do we, as a nation, need to cater towards every disability out there? What about people with E.D. who want to watch porn? Will the government force porn companies to include boner pills with each movie? You see it normally during a state or city press conference where the person stands front and center doing sign language but it is one hell of a distraction.

Steve@TF · Mar 29, 2017

what about blind people?? no braille videos available for them?! wtf?!

nxhappy · Mar 29, 2017

SolarYellow said:
When I was a kid my neighbor was deaf but he was also a trouble maker. When he'd come over in my yard even though he wasn't invited, we'd place a hand over our mouth so he could not read our lips. He got the message loud and clear.

Do we, as a nation, need to cater towards every disability out there? What about people with E.D. who want to watch porn? Will the government force porn companies to include boner pills with each movie? You see it normally during a state or city press conference where the person stands front and center doing sign language but it is one hell of a distraction.

LMAO that's ****ed up

BOOGIE MAN · Mar 29, 2017

Steve@TF said:
what about blind people?? no braille videos available for them?! wtf?!

no joke, they have porn videos for the blind. They're called "descriptive porn" and from my understanding, it's the regular video with audio intact, with a "sexy woman's voice" describing exactly what's going on.

Excuse me while I conduct further research...

Bearbo · Mar 29, 2017

SolarYellow said:
When I was a kid my neighbor was deaf but he was also a trouble maker. When he'd come over in my yard even though he wasn't invited, we'd place a hand over our mouth so he could not read our lips. He got the message loud and clear.

Do we, as a nation, need to cater towards every disability out there? What about people with E.D. who want to watch porn? Will the government force porn companies to include boner pills with each movie? You see it normally during a state or city press conference where the person stands front and center doing sign language but it is one hell of a distraction.

Up props to punking the pesky deaf kid.

BOOGIE MAN · Mar 29, 2017

SolarYellow said:
He got the message loud and clear.

03cobra#694 · Mar 29, 2017

03cobra#694 said:
Good

nxhappy said:
poor poor snowflakes ...

Lol

SolarYellow · Mar 30, 2017

nxhappy said:
LMAO that's ****ed up

Thank god this is about disabilities otherwise I'd have tell you how we dealt with a froggie exchange student during the first gulf war.

Dsg-shaker · Mar 30, 2017

DHG1078 said:
I guess Berkeley is only supportive until it costs them money.

Common trend in that part of the state, too bad it can't be turned into Berkeley harbor.

SolarYellow said:
When I was a kid my neighbor was deaf but he was also a trouble maker. When he'd come over in my yard even though he wasn't invited, we'd place a hand over our mouth so he could not read our lips. He got the message loud and clear.

Do we, as a nation, need to cater towards every disability out there? What about people with E.D. who want to watch porn? Will the government force porn companies to include boner pills with each movie? You see it normally during a state or city press conference where the person stands front and center doing sign language but it is one hell of a distraction.

A friend's sister was deaf and that's how we would talk shit to her. lol

Steve@TF said:
what about blind people?? no braille videos available for them?! wtf?!

Fleshlite and a audio book¿¿¿¿¿¿

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DHG1078 · Mar 30, 2017

Dsg-shaker said:
Fleshlite and a audio book¿¿¿¿¿¿

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black92 · Mar 30, 2017

As someone with profound hearing loss, I can understand the frustration of not having CC available. However, I wouldn't complain myself because more likely whatever it is I want to know/learn, there is a CC option available somewhere or written material to read.

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