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24. While the submissions of CCD/ARCH are grounded in legal rights, and while the requirements to establish an accessible Internet for people with disabilities cannot be fully predicted at this point in time, it is important to note that there are many overlapping submissions in this proceeding. For example, the issues raised by content creators, producers and innovators in the film industry generally apply equally to innovators of adaptive technology and accessible Internet applications and services. Similar and significant concerns about the potential for ISP gate-keeping exist for both groups of innovators. Likewise, the disability community shares consumer group and user concerns regarding ITMPs such as application-based throttling, as they have the same potential to diminish their effective use of the Internet.
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