Equal Opportunity for ASL Users and Learners
The videos found on my YouTube site, allyballybabe, are of various songs signed in American Sign Language. The YouTube is used for educational purposes all over the world, as well as a bridge between... continue reading »
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"I support this petition 100\% and wish for YouTube to abolish their redundant copyright notices."
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"Unless WMG is going to start having CD's come with a DVD of the songs in ASL for the hearing impaired, they should have no rights to take the videos off, especially since she's not earning more than the good feeling she gets for helping the deaf community"
"This is a learning oppurtunity for the people to know that deaf people enjoy music!!"
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"i'm a signer since the 8th grade and i also have videos uploaded on youtube of me signing. why does her account get deleted and not mine?"
"Please do not delete any ASL videos, they are important to the non-hearing public and they have the right to 'hear' songs as much as the hearing public."
"These youtube videos are classic examples of what to KEEP. It educates and it is positive. Lets keep the format and keep Ally. I have spent a year watching her amazing ASL videos and hope for many more years to come."
"We love you Ally! Never stop vwhat you do!"
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"She is doing a lovely job at what she does. She is not taking credit for any of the songs."
"Ally is an insparation to us all! WE LOVE HER!"
"youtube is getting beyound the joke now"
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"I am also wanting to learn ASl. I am learning slowley by myself, and my learning has been rising since I started watchin Ally, which was a couple days ago, but it makes me more motivated, I want to meet her and get an autograph. Not only is she doing a gr"
"Please continue to have Ally's videos on Youtube. I have been studying ASL for the past two years and enjoy watching these videos because they show how to change english phrases to ASL, in which the meaning is truelly conveyed. I agree that these videos a"
"These signed video's are no different than closed caption on the television there just in asl instead of written out. There is absolutely no reason to remove these video's because of the asl used to interpret them. These video's are used for education and"
"I beileve that music is an amazing thing, and just because someone is deaf doesn't mean that they don't deserve that gift. I've been learing ASL from these videos, so they are educational!"
"Ally is an amazing signer and has taught me alot. I cant even imagine the reason for taking her youtube down. thats just silly."
"This has to stop; I wouldn't have half of the songs on my ipod without fanvids! It's contradicting too, because we the fans are the ones making THEM money, we're not getting the money OURSELVES! This must be stopped."
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