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It's all fun and games until the National Federation of the Blind sues you...

• pc86 14y ago
  Does the ADA apply to websites hosted within the US?
  • oftenwrong 14y ago
    Some quick Wikipedia research suggests to me that it depends on the exact circumstances, but in general it seems that any prominent company is vulnerable to lawsuits over website accessibility. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_the_Blind_v._Target_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_the_Blin... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Now_v._Southwest_Airlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Now_v._Southwest_Airline... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouellette_v._Viacom_International_Inc.#ADA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouellette_v._Viacom_Internation... http://www.dralegal.org/impact/cases/smith-et-al-v-hotelscom http://www.dralegal.org/impact/cases/smith-et-al-v-hotelscom http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/EO-Policy-USDOJ http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/EO-Policy-USDOJ
  • protomyth 14y ago
    The courts seem to think so http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/news_web_sites_ada_compliant.htm http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/news_web_sites_ada_com... http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424114568&Settlement_Over_Targets_Web_Site_Marks_a_Win_for_ADA_Plaintiffs&slreturn=20130104135043 http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424114568&Sett... http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/14/nfb-vs-target-in-perspective/ http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/14/nfb-vs-target-in-pers...