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Prenda's Old Copyright Trolls Are Suing People Again
New submitter Hokan writes: Paul Hansmeier and John Steele, formerly of Prenda, are suing again. Each have started nonprofits, in Minnesota and Illinois, claiming to defend disabled people, and they are suing small businesses for ADA violations. You may recall that a District Court judge issued sanctions against Prenda for their attempts to file copyright suits against a broad swath of internet users. Their new practices take a similar tack: sue a small business and generously offer to collect a settlement somewhat lower than the amount it would cost to to make changes to their establishment. A new group is fighting back by creating "an access audit for local businesses, allowing them to develop a plan to fix ADA issues and potentially to ward off litigation."
He had -one- parking place for a handicapped van accessible (as per the law).
That isn't the law. It's actually based on the NUMBER of spaces. The minimum is one, and the access area next to it needs to have a minimum width of 96" Your buddy got tripped because either he, or his contractor didn't know that. Also some states have more restrictive rules than the federal ones, that is also allowed.
was the fact that in the 1970s, the Senate was changed from district representation to representating by population. This completely de-voiced all the rural areas, and essentially made the heavily populated coastal cities the only political thing that matters in the state.
That's how it should work, representation by population. If the Rural areas want more representation, they can get more people to move there.
Texas, OTOH still has a senate with one senator for each geographic area, which does a lot to mitigate just one part of the state having full control of everything.
Ah, so a bunch of rural bumfucks and rednecks can essentially veto anything "progressive", is that it?
"We good ol boys dont need none of them there handicapped spaces no-sirree that's for them fags and city slickers yee-haw."
Just because a place is "rural" doesn't mean they should get away with ignoring minorities