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by jrabone 4883 days ago
It's all fun and games until the National Federation of the Blind sues you...
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pc86 4883 days ago
Does the ADA apply to websites hosted within the US?
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oftenwrong 4882 days 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_Blin... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Now_v._Southwest_Airline... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouellette_v._Viacom_Internation... http://www.dralegal.org/impact/cases/smith-et-al-v-hotelscom http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/EO-Policy-USDOJ

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protomyth 4882 days ago
The courts seem to think so

http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/news_web_sites_ada_com...

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202424114568&Sett...

http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/14/nfb-vs-target-in-pers...

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