- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:07:15 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
- cc: Christian Vogler <christian.vogler@gallaudet.edu>, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "public-texttracks@w3.org" <public-texttracks@w3.org>, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote: > > > > The CVAA gives the FCC the authority to regulate Internet video that > > has been shown on TV before, and the devices/software associated with > > Internet playback. > > Where? > > Here: > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303939A1.doc > (2) DEADLINES FOR PROGRAMMING DELIVERED USING INTERNET PROTOCOL- > (A) REGULATIONS ON CLOSED CAPTIONING ON VIDEO PROGRAMMING DELIVERED USING INTERNET PROTOCOL- Not later than 6 months after the submission of the report to the Commission required by subsection (e)(1) of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, the Commission shall revise its regulations to require the provision of closed captioning on video programming delivered using Internet protocol that was published or exhibited on television with captions after the effective date of such regulations. Aha, thanks. This is interesting phrasing. It seems to imply that a browser vendor isn't covered by this unless they publish TV content, which rather seems to misunderstand how the Internet works (in that there's no reason the client provider and the publisher be related, and no reason the client would handle TV content any differently than anything else). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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