[nabs-l] netflixsays "no" to audio description

[Melissa Hambleton]

My boyfriend, who is 33 years old (same as me) and he is sighted, has said 
time and time again how it would be nice that Netflix would have description 
on their movies. When we watch DVDs my boyfriend always looks for the 
description feature and he even appreciates it sometimes because every now 
and again, the narrator will say something that my boyfriend didn't notice 
on the TV screen.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Burke" <dburke at cocenter.org>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] netflixsays "no" to audio description


> Greetings,
>
> I would concur with Steve's comments adding that in every case where the 
> NFB
> has filed suit, it has thoroughly exhausted all the advocacy avenues
> available.  Thus, there are many things that move successfully ahead with
> strong advocacy and never get to the stage of a lawsuit. You can see some 
> of
> the positive results with companies on this year's convention agenda, such
> as Desire 2 Learn; and those in other presentations such as Pearson 
> Online.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve 
> Jacobson
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:01 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] netflixsays "no" to audio description
>
> Valerie,
>
> One has to be careful not to attribute every message on an NFB list to
> necessarily be the policy or even the thinking of the NFB.
> For one thing, I'm not at all certain that there is a law under which to 
> sue
> in this case.  Also, our treasury isn't exactly
> bottomless so we have to prioritize
> where to spend money and what the liklihood is of getting a positive 
> result.
> We are really pretty careful regarding the legal
> action we undertake.  There are times when legal action is the only
> available course of action, but there has to be a pretty clear
> law or precedence upon which to base such action.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:53:16 -0600, Valerie Gibson wrote:
>
>>I think one of the problems with the NFB is our reputation for being "sue
> happy".
>>And with the last email, I see where we get that rep, seeing as it was the
> first response to something like this.  In the link,
> it seems that only one netflix representative was spoken to. Why not ask,
> via email or phone, if there is anyone to which one can
> speak to figure out how you can colaborate to making netflix movies
> descriptive.
>
>>My personal opinion, you're not going to get much headway with this.  This
> issue doesn't affect all blind people, and so not all
> blind people are going to be on board with this.
>
>>As some may know, i'm interested in becoming a certified dog trainer, and
> one could argue that that doesn't affect all blind
> people. owever it is a potential job prospect, which affects income, and
> jobs and income are not the same as the ability to have
> descriptive movies.
>
>>Furthermore, not all blind people like movies in descriptive and find it
> destracting.  Depending on the movie, i am one such
> person, so my thoughts here could be a little bias.
>
>>Would it be nice for just the option to watch movies in descriptive? sure.
> But i think before we jump to "let's sue them", we
> should at least do something more passive.  A petition perhaps?
>
>>Just my thoughts.
>>
>>On Jul 15, 2013, at 10:13 AM, The weird writer <weirdwriter9891 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Netflix says "no" to audio description. why?
> http://netflixproject.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/netflix-says-no-to-audio-
> description/
>>>
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