From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 2 14: 9:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from brain.mics.net (brain.mics.net [209.41.216.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C4337B40E; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by brain.mics.net (Postfix, from userid 150) id 168D317BC1; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:09:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brain.mics.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE3415CC9; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:09:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:09:25 -0500 (EST) From: David Scheidt To: Mike Meyer Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks In-Reply-To: <15331.5049.557178.962643@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > If you go back and read the DOJ document I cited, specifically the > paragraph titled "Fifth Circuit Avoids Ruling on Internet Coverage", > you'll find that the Department of Justice thinks there is no > precedent for the ADA applying to commercial web sites. While the DOJ > clearly feels that commercial web sites should be covered, as they > filed a brief with the fifth circuit court to that effect, and I agree > with them, the best legal precedent they have says otherwise. Well, not quite. Doesn't say it's otherwise, doesn't say it's not otherwise. They ducked the issue. Given that it doesn't cost much money to design an accessable site, but it does cost lots of money to retrofit one so it's accessable, it's silly to do otherwise. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message