Equal Opportunity for ASL Users and Learners

"I love aly and her vids her videos are never bad also"

"I am DEAFYQT69 in YouTube..."

"I am currently attending College to become an ASL interpreter and these videos provide the opportunity for me to practice my skills. These videos also provide a creative way for deaf people to experience the wonderful music that all of us hearing people s"

"If she is taking the time to serve others, why stop that?"

"I completely agree, and want to add that watching these videos has helped me in my educational career and learning new signs and interpretations, as well as practicing."

"I support this petition"

"I'm deaf, I have a hearing tool that helps me hear beautiful things like Music, but the thing is, I don't understand the lyrics, so I turn to these pages, to understand the emotion of the singers, please dont take down these websites, its not fair."

"She hasn't done anything wrong. Credit is always given to the artist, and she is just interprettig so that a wider audience can appreciate the music."

"a shame if ally's account is banned i will never use youtube.com again"

"I can not express the ways in which the ASL videos have helped me in my learning career and expansion of Deaf awareness. I feel that this resource bridges the large gap that exists between the Deaf and hearing world."

"This is educational. No copyrwrite laws have been violated."

"I really enjoy watching these videos as I am learning ASL! This IS very educational and there will be many upset people if these videos are deleted!"

"I support this petition"

"My daughter is deaf these videos help me communicate with her!"

"Not only am I a student learning American Sign Language (ASL), I am a hearing person with many hearing-impaired family members. Many people in my family depend on ASL to enhance their communication, which is the reason I decided to earn a degree in ASL. I"

"I support this petition"

"It is a disgrace that copyright laws have become so cold and demeaning. Kudos to you Ally for putting up a fight!"

"Come on People! Be real people and not money crubbers! You know what I mean? Well this is just a lil' girl making nice videos for the hearing impaired! If you want to charge her for the music just say something like $5000 if sells shoot to the moon in 2yr"

"I recently started learning American Sign Language and I feel that Ally's work in making these videos have helped me to better understand how communication is expressed through the deaf and do feel that they should have the right to music and don't see an"

"i truely believe that this is a reasonable thing to ask for the hearing impared need some kind of music too"

"ally signs to allow the Deaf community to appreciate what WE take advantage of sometimes. some of your Hearing take music for granted, we take our ability to hear for granted.. and the Deaf have the same RIGHTS as we do, and one of their rights is to know"

"These videos are "Fair Use". They are for educational purposes and they serve as a connection between the Deaf and Hearing communities. Please allow these type of videos to remain so that everyone can learn and appreciate the beauty of American Sign Langu"

"Allyballybabe's videos have taught me so much sign language, resulting in my ivovlement with special needs. I have grown to love the songs signed by allyballybabe and have become a fan of many of the songs' artists. If not for the deaf people themselves, "

"we need to be able to upload music and videos for fun and not be scared of what might happen. that's why i'm signing this."