[thelist] FWD: Internet World - The Dark Side Of Regulation

> From: Aylard James J <jaylard@equilon.com>
> 
>  Actually, the Justice Department has concluded that the ADA applies
> to "private" web sites. Taken literally, this means *all*
> non-government web sites. Quite frankly, I am amazed at the high

despite what the justice dept. claims, case law will drive that de 
facto standard... i try my best to make everything i build 
accessible, but even if i didn't, i don't think i have to worry about the 
US government coming down on my personal web site... it won't 
stand up...

> percentage of Evolters who are in favor of the Federal government
> asserting widespread legal control over the web, simply because the
> stated end is "good".

wow... i didn't hear anyone say they were in favor of *government* 
control... quite the opposite, that we tend to be in favor of the W3C 
developing specs and guidelines (WAI), and our adopting them to 
comply with the DTD, the spec, and good karma... yes, we 
understand that the ADA will apply to government sites ( -funded 
sites, etc) and that we will be prepared to support it, but that 
doesn't mean we want the government to make it the law...