Save the Date! DREDF's 34th Anniversary Celebration is Tuesday, September 17, 2013

From DREDF

Join us to honor National Association of the Deaf's work with DREDF that ensures captioning in the rapidly expanding world of videos streamed over the Internet!  

September 17, 2013 

5:30 – 8:00 p.m. 

at the Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, CA

Article HERE.

Landmark Precedent in NAD (National Association of the Deaf) vs. Netflix

By Admin - National Association of the Deaf


June 19, 2012

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS FIRST IN COUNTRY TO HOLD THAT THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT APPLIES TO WEBSITE-ONLY BUSINESSES

Judge Denies Netflix’s Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings And Allows Disability Civil Rights Case, National Association Of The Deaf, Et Al. V. Netflix, Case No. 3:11-Cv-30168, To Move Forward

The National Association of the Deaf (“NAD”), the nation’s premier civil rights organization of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, won a major victory today when Judge Ponsor denied defendant Netflix’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings seeking dismissal of the case. The District Court of Massachusetts is the first court in the country to hold that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) applies to website-only businesses. The underlying lawsuit alleges that Netflix violates the ADA by failing to provide closed captioning on most of its “Watch Instantly” programming streamed on the Internet, thereby denying equal access to the deaf and hard of hearing community.

Read more HERE.

NAD Explores Legal Implications of Netflix's Failure to Provide Captioning

By Admin from National Association of the Deaf

In January 2011 the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) began collaborating with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., a premiere civil rights law firm, to explore the legal implications of the failure of Netflix to provide closed captioning on "Watch Instantly" streamed movies.

Please send all concerns and complaints about Netflix's captioning to:
http://www.nad.org/forms/contact-nad
(Select "Law & Advocacy" for "Area of Interest" and fill in the form)

National Association of the Deaf Website HERE.