Watching the Internet in Silent Solitude: A Startling Disparity in Closed Captioning Accommodations for the Deaf

43 Pages Posted: 7 Apr 2015

Date Written: April 1, 2009

Abstract

A discussion of closed captioning laws as applied to the Internet. A discussion of relevant case law applying the Telecommunications Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to entities so as to require or not require that closed captions be provided. Whether such case law can be applied to require closed captions on the Internet.

Keywords: closed captions, americans with disabilities act, telecommunications act, deaf, disability, accommodations

Suggested Citation

Sorokin, Mark, Watching the Internet in Silent Solitude: A Startling Disparity in Closed Captioning Accommodations for the Deaf (April 1, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2590735 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2590735

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