Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:35:26 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011102132958.051040c0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <15330.15546.29008.424784@guru.mired.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011101223208.00b3ec20@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011101190545.03ed6330@localhost> <20011101164226.B47017@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <4.3.2.7.2.20011101223208.00b3ec20@localhost>
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At 11:27 PM 11/1/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >The ADA actually applies to "physical places of public >accomodation". In Hooks vs. OKBridge, the US District Court for the >Western District of Texas ruled that the ADA doesn't apply to a web >site because a web site isn't a "physical place". On appeal, the Fifth >Circuit ducked the issue by ruling that OKBridge hadn't violated the >ADA for reason unrelated to whether or not the ADA applied to the web >site. Details at <URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/aprsep00.htm >. Sorry, Mike, but that case is unrelated. The person in question had bipolar disorder, not an inability to read the screen. The DOJ has ruled that the ADA does require Web pages to be accessible via text-based browsers. Local governments have also imposed similar requirements. see http://www.rit.edu/~easi/law/weblaw1.htm --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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