[WEB4LIB] Re: Another court weighs in on ADA on the web

[Raymond Wood]

> > Hi folks!
> > 
> > I don't know if anyone has seen this yet -- our Head of
> > Systems just brought it back to me.  Apparently there's been
> > a ruling in the Southwest Airlines v Access Now Inc. case: 
> > 
> > Court: Disability law doesn't apply to Web
> > 
> > http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,75676,00.html
> > 
> > As I recall, that's two votes for "no it doesn't apply to
> > the web" and one for "yes it does apply to the web."  As
> > we've known, the ADA compliance and the Internet question
> > will not be solved easily... or quickly.
> > 
> > FYI 

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:33:17AM -0800, Andrew I. Mutch remarked:
> It may turn out that these rulings against the application of
> ADA to web sites are legally "correct". But I'm placing my
> bets that in the long run, the laws will be changed to require
> that web sites be ADA or otherwise accessible. With the
> movement of so much information online, it's just a matter of
> time before the laws catch up with technology. Hopefully, most
> libraries will be ahead of the curve in providing accessible
> sites to our users.
> 
> Andrew Mutch

I absolutely agree.  Time will tell of course, but I am
predicting the same thing -- eventually  :)

Cheers,
Raymond