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

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> 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...
[Burns, Martin]  

It's also very unlikely that the juristiction of US law will cover
non-US based sites. Of course, other juristictions have equivalet
legislation - in the UK, the Disabilities Discrimination Act says
that organisations which provide services to the public (like
a bank, for example, as well as govt bodies) have to make best
efforts to provide equivalent access to people with disabilities.

This covers not just Net access, but bricks and mortar too.

Cheers
Martin


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