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9th Circuit Rules Netflix Isn't Subject To Disability Law
An anonymous reader writes with news that the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that Netflix doesn't have to caption their videos. "A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't apply to Netflix, since the online video provider is 'not connected to any actual, physical place.' Donald Cullen sued Netflix in March 2011, attempting to kick off a class-action lawsuit on behalf of disabled people who didn't have full use of the videos because they aren't all captioned. A district court judge threw out his lawsuit in 2013, and yesterday's ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholds that decision. The decision is 'unpublished,' meaning it isn't intended to be used as precedent in other cases. However, it certainly doesn't bode well for any plaintiff thinking about filing a similar case in the 9th Circuit, which covers most of the Western US."
Just wait until the peanut parents get peanut allergies declared an official disability. Then, let them force restaurants to cater (/pun) to their defective children by banning all peanut products or creating small "peanut zones" where people will be quarantined if they want to consume peanut-containing foods.
I REALLY hate the concept of service animals...
At least this ruling has given me a tiny bit of hope for the future.