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9th Circuit Rules Netflix Isn't Subject To Disability Law
An anonymous reader writes with news that the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that Netflix doesn't have to caption their videos. "A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't apply to Netflix, since the online video provider is 'not connected to any actual, physical place.' Donald Cullen sued Netflix in March 2011, attempting to kick off a class-action lawsuit on behalf of disabled people who didn't have full use of the videos because they aren't all captioned. A district court judge threw out his lawsuit in 2013, and yesterday's ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholds that decision. The decision is 'unpublished,' meaning it isn't intended to be used as precedent in other cases. However, it certainly doesn't bode well for any plaintiff thinking about filing a similar case in the 9th Circuit, which covers most of the Western US."
Makes me want to watch Sense and Sensibility tonight on Netflix. Wow. An ADA ruling that isn't completely asinine. What will they think of next.
From the Ninth Circuit no less.
Did they start putting meds in the water out there ?
I was once part of an audio book venture that created a book reader app and and associated library application library that was specifically designed to be used by the blind and severely disabled. It actually met all its goals in regards to usability. So the company took it to the largest national organizations to get their seal of approval for it. The company was turned down by all of them because although application interface years ahead of any other application in regrades to the blind and severely disabled, their words, it did not accommodate the deaf. An audio book application that did not accommodate the deaf.
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
The ADA was written in such a way that it is only triggered BY lawsuits. The government refuses to actually inspect or regulate, but instead drops the burden on the disabled community to enforce it themselves. It was a brilliant piece of anti-disabled propaganda slid into the law since it was intended to inspire just the type of attitude that you have.