Topic: Ruling on Accessibility Lawsuit (Page 1 of 1) |
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Maniac (V) Inmate From: the Asylum ghetto |
![]() I'm sure everyone saw this coming: |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
![]() I doubt it would ever trickle down to 'individual' sites as in your homepage but it would seem any Ecommerce site would be fair game and I imagine that would include gov't sites...which leads me to believe exemption legislation is already being drafted. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: raht cheah |
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Maniac (V) Mad Librarian From: Seoul, Korea |
![]() I don't think there would be any legal grounds for forcing personal websites to comply with accessibility laws. Individuals are not corporations and blogs are not businesses. To use a brick-and-mortar analogy, it would be kind of like forcing every homeowner in the country to install wheelchair ramps leading up to their front door. Or outlawing smoking in private homes. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
![]() quote: This may be closer than you think...especially if you have children. Don't have sources handy but I do recall some recent 2nd hand smoke studies that have 'some' suggesting that exposing your children to 2nd hand smoke, even in your own home, could well be considered abuse /endangerment and if appropriate legislation is passed or current legislation is enforced... parents could well find themselves in trouble. |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Uranus |
![]() That has got to be one of the dumbest things I have heard in a long time. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Norway |
![]() The web accessibility laws I know of have been crafted for governmental sites in the firts place. How they can apply to commercial sites depends on a country basis but it makes as much sense has other accessiblity laws meant to ensure that disabled persons are not left aside. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: 127.0.0.1 |
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Maniac (V) Mad Librarian From: Seoul, Korea |
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Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
![]() ^ I agree that enforcement is pretty iffy territory but the first step in the door of your house is to catch you smoking in your car with your child all safely buckled in... and that really is a whole lot closer than one might believe. quote: http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/14928124.htm |