ADA Doesn't Apply to Web

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday October 22, 2002 @06:29AM 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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Re:1-800-IFLYSWA works for blind people by disappear · 2002-10-22 06:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

I know this was said on the last thread we had on the subject, but it's worth repeating. The guy was in no way prevented from buying tickets or flying. If the website was too difficult to navigate, he could simply call Southwest on the phone.

Of course, the Web site offers low fares that you can't get when calling Southwest on the phone. So it's OK to take money from blind people, just so long as you take more money from them than you do from others.