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From: steve.noble@louisville.edu
Date: Apr 9, 2015 10:36AM

In addition to the ADA at the federal level, there are interesting applications of state civil-rights laws which also come into view. For instance, back when I worked in Kentucky state government, I worked with the state legislature to add this language to our higher-education textbook accessibility law:
(20) A publisher shall be considered a place of public accommodation for the
purposes of KRS 344.130. Failure to comply with the requirements of this
section shall be an unlawful practice of discrimination on the basis of disability
for the purposes of KRS 344.120.
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?idB97

Of course, this deals primarily with textbooks. We have another highly detailed state law on IT/web accessibility, tough it is tied to the receipt of state funds. Not sure how a service like Netflix would fare under KY state law.


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From: WebAIM-Forum [ <EMAIL REMOVED> ] on behalf of Paul Bohman [ <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 2:11 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] ADA applies only to physical spaces?

The US legal picture regarding web accessibility is certainly complex.
Two recent rulings in the Ninth Circuit (Earll v. eBay and Cullen versus
Netflix) declare that Internet-only businesses don't fall under the ADA
idea of places of public accommodation. These rulings contradict other
previous rulings in other districts. The issue may end up in the Supreme
Court and/or it might finally be clarified with a future update to the ADA
itself. But we've been waiting a long time for the latter.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jdsupra.com_legalnews_ninth-2Dcircuit-2Dholds-2Dthat-2Dada-2Dis-2Dapplicab-2D26474_&d=AwIGaQ&c=SgMrq23dbjbGX6e0ZsSHgEZX6A4IAf1SO3AJ2bNrHlk&r=4WMck1ZVLo4tV0IVllcBNKXCSGU6lUERtx_4HD4DqmE&m=GvWUNT_JZ8TBo6u7Y7UZABtYEPiQFXLKrIadHpvk2J8&s=Uz8D1daB-YETifr_gQK7D9Ac93NxdIcUArTe2ZCTwzU&e
A discussion of the Scribd case, which led to the opposite conclusion in a
different court:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.williamgoren.com_blog_tag_earll-2Dv-2Debay_-23article_1978&d=AwIGaQ&c=SgMrq23dbjbGX6e0ZsSHgEZX6A4IAf1SO3AJ2bNrHlk&r=4WMck1ZVLo4tV0IVllcBNKXCSGU6lUERtx_4HD4DqmE&m=GvWUNT_JZ8TBo6u7Y7UZABtYEPiQFXLKrIadHpvk2J8&s=LMGXewzMJiVT0nVEbcr4FXnXQeSQv3Xr7tgQfYUWSXQ&e

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