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  1. Blind Sue AOL for ADA Non-Compliance

    Yro · Internet · · posted by michael · from the should-the-internet-have-wheelchair-ramps? dept. · 544 comments
    Aaron M. Renn writes "A group is filing a lawsuit against AOL claiming that site is not accessible to the blind. If successful, this lawsuit could subject almost every website (and certainly every commercial one) to massive government regulation for disability access." The ADA only applies to businesses, so there's no chance you'll have to make your personal site accessible if you don't want to. Rules requiring government agencies to make their websites accessible are now being drafted as well... Good website design generally suggests that it should be accessible to as many people as possible; why can't AOL use ALT tags?

  2. ACLU Swamped With Student Complaints

    Usa · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the minors-don't-have-right-silly dept. · 0 comments
    Aaron M. Renn writes "To followup on reports of harrassment of slashdot regulars by school officials, here's an article from USA Today about how the ACLU's phone is ringing off the hook with similar complaints about abuses of civil rights by school officials. "

  3. RMS Seeks to Re-establish LPF

    Gnu · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the something-old-and-gnu dept. · 0 comments
    Aaron M. Renn writes "Richard Stallman posted a message on gnu.misc.discuss seeking people interested in re-establishing the League of Programming Freedom. The LPF did not take a position on proprietary vs. free software but instead focused on fighting those things which threated the ability of anyone to write software, specifically software patents and look and feel copyrights. The LPF is now dormant, but if people are willing to step up into a leadership role to work to re-establish this organization, it could become active again. I don't think I need to tell anyone here that software patents are worse than ever, not to mention such monstrosities as WIPO. Stallman's article is not yet on DejaNews, but the message is is 199809161619.KAA25917@wijiji.santafe.edu The LPF web site is archived here "