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

[Dan Burke]

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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