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ADA Doesn't Apply to Web

Posted by Hemos on from the changing-the-rules dept.

djmoore writes "A federal judge has ruled that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) does not apply to the Web. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz dismissed with prejudice a suit demanding that Southwest Airlines make its website more accessible to the blind, saying that the suit would create new rights for the disabled without setting appropriate standards. Judge Seitz also rejected plaintiffs' claim that the Web is a 'place of exhibition, display, and a sales establishment,' one of the twelve categories covered by the ADA, on the grounds that the law only covers physical places." Our original article has more details.

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  1. Cool! by someonehasmyname · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I don't have to use alt tags! =)

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  2. That's too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because this qualifies as disabled in my book:

    404 File Not Found
    The requested URL (articles/02/10/22/177239.shtml?tid=123) was not found.

    If you feel like it, mail the url, and where ya came from to pater@slashdot.org.

  3. Must be that other Internet... by JonTurner · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Judge Seitz also rejected plaintiffs' claim that the Web is a 'place of exhibition, display, and a sales establishment,'"
    Perhaps I should forward some spam to Judge Seitz. I get about ten emails a day with various offers to exhibit, display and sell, uh, stuff.

  4. Well, DUH. by Masque · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of COURSE ADA doesn't apply to the internet. perl has long since dominated in that area. The government -just- noticed this?

  5. Awwww... by Quaoar · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I was JUST about to sue Playboy.com because I can't get it up...

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  6. Of course it doesn't apply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would dentists care about the web pages being accessible anyway?

  7. Excellent Site for the Blind by SniffleBear · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.zombo.com (turn sound up)

  8. aw shoot... by mekkab · · Score: 5, Funny

    anyone want to redesign my site?

    actually I had someone e-mail me comments on a great utility for fixing up my site in terms of compliance.

    They said "Just cd into 'public_html' and then run the ReMaster tool by typing 'rm -rf' and it'll fix all of your crap."

    Does anyone else recommend this ReMaster tool?!

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  9. I have a question by xcomputer_man · · Score: 5, Funny

    An error occured while loading http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/viewer/viewer.asp?fil e=/cases/opinions/02CV21734d24.pdf:

    Timeout on server
    Connection was to www.flsd.uscourts.gov at port 80

    If a court website gets slashdotted, would it classify as obstruction of justice?

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