Wow, that's big.
Did we resolve whether Australian legislation has the
potential for similar effects?
--
Cameron
W: www.themaninblue.com
--- Ben Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 19 Aug 2004 - The Attorney General of New York has
> deemed parts of
> Ramada.com and Priceline.com inaccessible to
> assistive technology.
>
> "The Attorney General opined that the Americans With
> Disabilities Act
> requires that private web sites be accessible to
> blind and visually
> impaired Internet users."
>
> Settlements reached will attempt to make both sites
> more accessible.
>
> "Under the terms of the agreements, the companies
> will implement a
> range of accessibility standards authored by the Web
> Accessibility
> Initiative ("WAI") of the World Wide Web Consortium
> ("W3C"), an
> organization that recommends Internet standards."
>
> "The companies must also implement a wide variety of
> other
> initiatives, based on guidelines authored by the
> W3C."
>
> "In addition to the steps outline above, Ramada.com
> and Priceline.com
> will pay the State of New York $40,000 and $37,500,
> respectively, as
> costs of the investigation. The Attorney General
> emphasized that once
> the companies were notified of the accessibility
> issues by his office,
> they worked cooperatively and creatively with his
> Internet Bureau to
> correct the issues."
>
> Attorney General's Press Release
>
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/aug/aug19a_04.html
>
> Sandy Clark's comments
>
http://www.shayna.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=78672CBF-CABE-65E3-306A96044957F88C
>
> John Dowdell's comments
> http://www.markme.com/jd/archives/005883.cfm
>
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