[Athen] Court Cases/decisions re: alternate format production

[Terrill Thompson]

Sorry I'm late to this conversation. Here's the University of Washington's
list of Resolution Agreements and Lawsuits:
http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/requirements/accessibility-cases-and-settlement-agreements/

That has a companion page, Legal Cases by Issue, which is essentially a
summary of lessons learned:
http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/requirements/legal-cases-by-issue/

Regards,
Terrill



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Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services
UW Information Technology
University of Washington
tft at uw.edu

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Paul E. Paire <paire at temple.edu> wrote:


> This is a work in progress, and is VERY rough at this point, (and I don't

> have some of the latest cases in here), but you could check

> http://sites.temple.edu/a11ylawsuits/ as I have downloaded the PDFs or

> copied the text I could find.  This was really developed for my own

> personal consumption (so I could track what cases are out there) so let me

> know if you run into problems with the site or it's content.

>

> -Paul

> ________________________________________

> From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] on

> behalf of Sean Keegan [skeegan at stanford.edu]

> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:43 PM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Court Cases/decisions re: alternate format production

>

> The ATHEN site has a number of these cases listed (

> http://athenpro.org/content/legal-news) and I have tried to link to the

> official documents when possible. That said, some are not public or have

> been removed in which case I have linked to other websites. I also have

> included other sites where you could find information about court cases.

>

> The AHEAD Legal Database has great information, but you need to be an

> AHEAD member to access that content. In fact, I would go as far to say that

> access to that database is a major benefit to becoming an AHEAD member.

>

> Take care,

> Sean

>

>

>

> On Jan 22, 2015, at 12:08 PM, "Robert Espero" <roberte at uci.edu<mailto:

> roberte at uci.edu>> wrote:

>

> I was only aware of about half of what both you cited. Are there any links

> to the CSU Fullerton and Florida St. cases? How about the University of

> Montana and University of Colorado?

>

> Any info would be appreciated!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Robert Espero

> Assistant Director, Accessible Technologies

> Disability Services Center

> UC Irvine

>

> From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> <mailto:list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] On Behalf Of Ron

> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:44 AM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Court Cases/decisions re: alternate format production

>

> There are also a series of more recent cases, while they do not speak to

> alt format in particular they do speak to accessible curricular materials.

> Louisiana Tech is an interesting case in point. University of Montana, and

> most recently the University of Colorado but I have not seen a settlement

> letter on this one yet.

>

> Ron Stewart

>

> On Thursday, January 22, 2015, Sean Keegan <skeegan at stanford.edu<mailto:

> skeegan at stanford.edu>> wrote:

> Hi Susan,

>

> You can take a look at the list of court cases on the ATHEN site:

> http://athenpro.org/content/legal-news

>

> The CSU Fullerton case, the UC Berkeley case, and the Florida State

> University case are relevant to alternate format production. Also, although

> a bit dated, I think the 1996 OCR investigation of the California Community

> Colleges has some language that is still relevant (i.e., use of the term

> effective communication).

>

> There may be others, but these are the ones that jump to mind with respect

> to alternate format production.

>

> The only other case I can think of that is recent would be the Author's

> Guild vs. Hathi Trust (

> https://www.eff.org/cases/authors-guild-v-hathitrust). Check out the

> Opinion Granting Summary Judgement of Fair Use [PDF] as the judge includes

> a transformative use of creating accessible versions of the scanned

> materials.

>

>

> Take care,

> Sean

>

>

>

>

> On Jan 22, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at Colorado.EDU>

> wrote:

>

>

> Looking for info on court cases that fell in our favor regarding the

> production of alternate format for students.  I know there was a relatively

> recent case but can’t put my finger on it.  One of my law students is

> working on a project and was asking me questions.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Susan Kelmer

> Alternate Format Coordinator

> Disability Services

> University of Colorado Boulder

> 107 UCB

> Boulder, CO 80309

> 303-735-4836

>

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