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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I'm sure everyone saw this coming: [url=http://www.pilmore.co.uk/2006/09/08/accessibility-law-suit-hits-target/]Accessibility Lawsuit Hits Target[/url] [url=http://washington.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2006/09/04/daily29.html]Judge: Lawsuit against Target can move ahead[/url] [url=http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/09/224204] Judge Rules Sites Can Be Sued Over Design[/url] I would think businesses would want to make their products and services available to as many people as possible and would take steps to ensure that they are. I find it kinda disheartening that Target had to be made to comply with what I see as a very minor request by potential customers. Now that there has been a ruling do you think that there will be heaps more suits to follow or will the ADA law be amended to include web sites, as to avoid a rash of suits? Will companies who have Flash sites now have to provide a non-Flash alternative? Also, while I understand that this only impacts business/company sites at this point, do you think that individual sites, such as blogs, will be targeted (no pun intended) in the future? Loading...
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