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This chart was developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RE ). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this chart do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
START: I want to watch a video on the Internet.
Sorry. To get access you need to go and badger the FCC for changes to the rules.
Enjoy watching the video with captions !
You’ve found a violation of the rules. File a complaint with the FCC.
Is the video captioned?
Yes 
No 
STOP: Contact site directly, and also contact NAD
WAIT: Come back on 1/1/17.
Are you lost? Try filing a complaint with the FCC and cross your fingers. No
Yes
Was the video ever shown on TV with captions?
Is it a montage of multiple videos?
Is clip on the TV station’s own app or web site?
WAIT: Come back on 7/1/17.
Is it from a live/near-live program?
Video newer than 7/1/17?
Video Montage newer than 1/1/17?
Video Montage newer than 1/1/16?
Come back and try again when 12 hours have passed.
Was it on TV anywhere in the US after 3/30/14?
Video newer than 9/30/12?
Video newer than 3/30/13?
Was the program edited for the Internet?
Video newer than 9/30/13?
15 days passed since show date?
Come back and try again when 15 days have passed.
Is/was the program live or near-live?
What kind of video is it: full-length, clip, or outtake?
Full-length
Outtake
Clip
Was the Video on a site
covered by an ADA settlement
(Netflix, Amazon, Vudu,
Gogo, Apple)?
Have 12 hours passed since the program?