[thelist] targeting effectively

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Subject:    Re: [thelist] targeting effectively


> >Note that in the UK, there is also legislation covering discrimination
in
> >employment, so a JS-requiring CMS is also in trouble.

>Can someone please educate me in the following:
>1. how requiring that a browser have javascript turned on is employment
>discrimination

*sigh* think about it, David. Access to systems and information which can
only be accessed with client-side scripting breaks a Priority 1 WAI issue.
If you need to access those systems and information for your job, you're
unlikely to be able to fulfil your job... because the developers of those
systems and information couldn't be bothered to make it accessible.

>2. how a non-publicly funded organization can be liable for not providing
>access to ALL users

Something to do with the law, eh? 'Publically Funded' is a red herring.

>3. and how a company that is not registered in zimbabwe can be sued under
>zimbabwe's laws regulating the internet (sorry to pick on zimbabwe, but
>first non-US country to come to mind)

If you're offering services and information to the population of a country,
then you're liable. Just as non-UK companies like AOL are liable for UK
Sales Tax, and non-French companies offering Nazi memorabilia for sale in
France are liable for that, and Norwegian teenagers get busted under DMCA.

>And while you're at it, can you provide any relevant court hearings that
>discuss this in how they pertain to organizations that are not funded in
>part by the governments of countries.

AOL (although to be fair they settled out of court to the tune of $1m and
an agreement to completely redevelop their software (costing maybe 5 times
that) once their lawyers advised them that they didn't have a whelk's
chance in a supernova of winning the case)

>Last time I checked, providing a ramp to your office was your decision
when
>you met with the architect (if you are a non-government funded org).  Yes,
I
>can choose not to provide one, just like people can choose not to use my
>company.

Hey David, take the US-centric blinkers off and join the rest of the world.

Cheers
Martin


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