Equal Opportunity for ASL Users and Learners

"ASL music videos on the internet are educational, inspirational and entertaining. Persons who sign these videos are bringing the meaning, joy and inspiration of the music, itself, to the deaf community. I would think the Fair Use Law would certainly prote"

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"I have no connection to the woman who has been posting these videos. I stumbled across them this evening, and was appalled to discover that she is being removed from youtube for providing a service to the deaf community. She is merely affording deaf peopl"

"WMG isn't doing its job in realizing that their sales are increasing due to the production of these wonderful videos by this woman. They should do better to sponsor people like her that help people in appreciating other artists works. There are TONS of vi"

"Please leave her videos up they are great to learn from"

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"PLEASE do not remove the videos. I am an ASL student, and I learn so much from these videos. I think the Deaf Community also benefits greatly from them."

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"I am a beginning student and I have been watching the videos to pick up more signs and to understand the differences in idioms in both languages. There are many phrases we use in Enlish that make no sense to the Deaf Community. It is a great benefit to th"

"I am a social worker, my daughter has several years of college ASL classes. I have worked with developmentally disabled college students and adults. I thoughly enjoy watching Ally's videos. She is not using them for a profit....and not hurting any of the "

"allyballybabe account teaches people, helps people express themselves and bridges two very different cultures. Please don't delete the account"

"The Videos that Ally has posted are in no way harming the music industry, but they are helping, she has signed many songs that I didn't know before i saw her video and it inspired me to go buy the CD or song through Itunes. What she is doing is both educa"

"As an ASL teacher, I find these types of videos very helpful to my students. I see many videos using music in the background and don't understand why this is even an issue..."

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"Please allow her to continue to interpret these songs to benefit Deaf audiences all over the world. What she is doing is not hurting any one financally there is not legal situation since she is not impairing the sale of music or impairing the work of the "

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"I am a supporter of Ally's videos on YouTube. Her videos are amongst the most entertaining and educational for anyone studying Sign. Or for anyone that is Deaf/ Hard of Hearing. For students, these videos show proper ASL (American Sign Language) Gloss and"

"these help so much for people who are trying to learn. they are popular songs, everyone watching knows that they are not her songs."