3rd
June
2006
DVD ‘CC’ Labeling Class Settlement Announced
posted in Captioning, Deaf, Finance, General, Money, deaf culture |Another day, another way for lawyers to rake in big bucks and for deaf consumers to get screwed:
DVD ‘CC’ Labeling Class Settlement Announced
Follow the money:
- The Settling Companies have denied liability, but have agreed to settle
this action to avoid litigation by, in the future, providing captioning
or closed captioning of bonus material on major categories of DVDs they
distribute over the next five (5) years, - paying $275,000 to certain
non-profit organizations dedicated to advocacy for deaf
and hard-of-hearing persons, - and paying attorneys’ fees and costs
(including any incentive award to named plaintiff) up to $1,300,000 in
exchange for the release of claims, as more fully specified in the
settlement agreements.
And who is the plaintiff? Someone named Boltz. And where is $275,000 and $1,3000,000 gonna come from? You and me everytime we buy or rent DVD.
