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South Korea Top Court Says Movie Theaters Must Provide Subtitles, Audio Description to Disabled

South Korea's Supreme Court ruled theaters must provide subtitles and audio description for disabled patrons and remanded the case.

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South Korea's Supreme Court overturned a Seoul High Court ruling and remanded a discrimination lawsuit filed by four disabled plaintiffs against CJ CGV, Lotte Cultureworks, and Megabox Central. [1] The Supreme Court ruled that movie theater operators' failure to provide screen narration (audio description) for visually impaired patrons and subtitles and reception equipment for hearing impaired patrons constitutes discrimination under South Korea's disability anti-discrimination law. [2] The Supreme Court reasoned that guaranteeing disabled people's cultural enjoyment and information access requires active measures, and that restricting companies' property rights and economic freedom to some degree is unavoidable to protect disabled people's rights. [3] The Supreme Court said the Seoul High Court's limiting accommodations to screens with 300 or more seats and to 3% of total screenings overemphasized the theaters' financial burden and ordered the lower court to comprehensively consider whether disabled people can actually view films equally and what methods could reduce the theaters' burden while eliminating discrimination. [4] The lawsuit was filed in February 2016 against three multiplex operators, including CJ CGV, by two visually impaired and two hearing-impaired people demanding subtitles and audio descriptions for all movies. [5] The Supreme Court stated that the defendants' failure to provide the plaintiffs with audio descriptions, subtitles, and receiving devices constitutes a discriminatory act prohibited under the disability discrimination law. [6]
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  1. South Korea's Supreme Court overturned a Seoul High Court ruling and remanded a discrimination lawsuit filed by four disabled plaintiffs against CJ CGV, Lotte Cultureworks, and Megabox Central. · 매일경제South Korea
  2. The Supreme Court ruled that movie theater operators' failure to provide screen narration (audio description) for visually impaired patrons and subtitles and reception equipment for hearing impaired patrons constitutes discrimination under South Korea's disability anti-discrimination law. · 매일경제South Korea
  3. The Supreme Court reasoned that guaranteeing disabled people's cultural enjoyment and information access requires active measures, and that restricting companies' property rights and economic freedom to some degree is unavoidable to protect disabled people's rights. · 매일경제South Korea
  4. The Supreme Court said the Seoul High Court's limiting accommodations to screens with 300 or more seats and to 3% of total screenings overemphasized the theaters' financial burden and ordered the lower court to comprehensively consider whether disabled people can actually view films equally and what methods could reduce the theaters' burden while eliminating discrimination. · 매일경제South Korea
  5. The lawsuit was filed in February 2016 against three multiplex operators, including CJ CGV, by two visually impaired and two hearing-impaired people demanding subtitles and audio descriptions for all movies. · Yonhap News Agency
  6. The Supreme Court stated that the defendants' failure to provide the plaintiffs with audio descriptions, subtitles, and receiving devices constitutes a discriminatory act prohibited under the disability discrimination law. · Yonhap News Agency
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