On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Timothy Bolz wrote:
>
> I was just reading in http://www.linuxtoday.com about the Hollywood studios
> suing the DVD programmers. I have a question. Why doesn't the Linux
> community file suit against the Hollywood studios and the others for not
> providing access to other operating systems other than Windows or Mac's? They
> are denying me the right to use DVD with Linux regardless if I don't own a DVD.
> It could possibly be a class action suit. How many Linux users are out there
> who can't enjoy DVD on Linux.? This would get there attention. I don't even
> know if it would be possible to file a suit. I don't know anything about law,
> but I know you can almost sue for anything.
I maintain a web site that has to be ADA compliant, and to my knowledge,
it works like this. The studios don't have to do diddly unless someone
has to use a certain OS/software to use the DVD format due to a
disability or otherwise (I wonder if chronic stress and anxiety due to
constant blue screens counts ;) ). If the format is used in a classroom
or govenment agency, the access method is *required* to conform to the
ADA.
Hence, technically, all school and government websites, as of 20 Feb 2000,
are required to work with such stuff as the Emacs w3 web browser, so that
emacspeak can be used.
Dennis Soper
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Another happy Linux user!
