Supreme Court backs subtitles, audio descriptions for disabled audiences
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that movie theaters' failure to provide audio descriptions and subtitles for people with visual and hearing impairments constitutes disability discrimination. The top court made the ruling while overturning a lower court verdict that strictly limited the number of screenings and theaters required to provide accessibility services for people with disabilities. The…
The Supreme Court has ruled that movie theaters must provide audio descriptions and subtitles for patrons with visual and hearing impairments, dismissing a lower court's ruling that limited accessibility services to a small fraction of screenings. The case, filed in 2016 by visually and hearing-impaired individuals, challenged theater operators like CJ CGV to make accommodations for all movies shown.
The Seoul High Court had previously determined that theaters with at least 300 seats must provide such services at a rate of 3 percent of total screenings due to financial concerns. However, the Supreme Court has ordered the high court to reconsider the case, arguing that the lower court gave undue importance to the financial impact on theater operators.
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