{"id":8069,"date":"2020-02-20T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=8069"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:17:01","slug":"streaming-a-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/streaming-a-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming a Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students hear good news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The National Association of the Deaf did not remain silent when online video lectures posted for programs through Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology did not include captions or subtitles.\u00a0 Those who are hard of hearing were not capable of learning from online educational material.\u00a0 Given the public forum of the posted videos, the subject was considered a federal issue.\u00a0While the videos were open to any individuals who had access to the internet, not everyone was able to learn from the resources provided.\u00a0 The 2015 lawsuit has finally seen resolution.<\/p>\n

Based on the understanding that there are no specific laws prohibiting colleges from posting videos without captions, both Harvard and MIT insisted that the original lawsuit be dropped.\u00a0 Last year, however, it was ruled by a judge that the matter at hand was a national civil rights problem.\u00a0 Other collegiate institutions are also subject to stricter guidelines, as a similar claim was filed in the past against the University of California, Berkeley.\u00a0 The college was able to find a loophole by preventing public access to their online educational tools.\u00a0 Harvard and MIT did not succumb to that route, and instead, are ordered to adhere to certain settlement guidelines. In particular, a couple of months ago, Harvard arranged to show captioning in all publicly posted videos, as well as pay $1.5 million in legal fees.<\/p>\n

To bring the final stages of the discrimination<\/a> lawsuit to a close, MIT has also agreed to provide more video accessibility to their entire audience of learners, not just viewers who retain full hearing.\u00a0 In addition, MIT agrees to pay more than $1 million in legal fees.\u00a0 This agreement will lead to the implementation of captions and subtitles for any and all videos created and posted for public websites, such as YouTube and SoundCloud, and live streaming.\u00a0 Despite the settlement terms reached recently, MIT is not admitting guilt in the accusations that the school discriminated against people who are deaf or hard of hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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