Re: [MACCAWS] FW: [thelist] Judge: Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web

--- Tony Crockford <[email protected]> wrote:
> In case you'd missed this:
> 
> 
> > I know this has been of interest of late:
> > 
> > A federal judge ruled Friday that Southwest Airlines does not 
> > have to revamp
> > its Web site to make it more accessible to the blind.
> > In the first case of its kind, U.S. District Judge Patricia 
> > Seitz said the
> > Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies only to 
> > physical spaces such
> > as restaurants and movie theaters and not to the Internet.
> > 
> > "To expand the ADA to cover 'virtual' spaces would be to 
> > create new rights
> > without well-defined standards," Seitz wrote in a 12-page 
> > opinion dismissing
> > the case. "The plain and unambiguous language of the statute 
> > and relevant
> > regulations does not include Internet Web sites."
> > 
> > Full story:
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-962761.html?tag=fd_top_1
> 
> 
> Good Thing or Bad thing?
> Discuss....... 

Wow, I hadn't expected a ruling so soon! Can't say I am surprised. I
imagine this is the first step moving that way however. I think a
precedent is set by this judge that says "we need to spec this out
more." So maybe now that process will get started. I think it would
be a good thing to have clearly defined rules and specs for sure.

Tom


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