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The 9th circuit has ruled that the ADA does not apply to web-only businesses (in the very case you cited). http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/9th-circu
by downandout 10y ago
The 9th circuit has ruled that the ADA does not apply to web-only businesses (in the very case you cited).
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/9th-circuit-rules-netflix-isnt-subject-to-disability-law/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/9th-circuit-rules...
- falcolas 10y agoIt also highlights that other courts have ruled that it does apply; it probably won't be settled until someone takes it to the Supreme Court. That Netflix did not attempt to speaks a bit to their confidence in succeeding at that level.
- downandout 10y agoNetflix won the case, so they wouldn't have gone to the Supreme Court. Their opponent could have appealed to the Supreme Court, since they wound up the loser in the case, but they didn't - either because they ran out of money or didn't believe they would win.
- falcolas 10y agoFrom your own link: After the company lost the initial motion, Netflix settled the case with NAD, agreeing to pay $750,000 in legal fees and caption all of its videos by the year 2014.