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Re: No decision from the Appeals court

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From: Hall, Kevin (K.M.)
Date: Sep 30, 2004 9:15AM

You're right that corporate interests will not lobby for web accessibility. However, it's very easy for a politician to sponsor an ill advised accessibility bill that allows them to stump on their defense of disabled citizens access to the web. It doesn't have to actually do any good, in fact the law can make things worse and they really won't care as long as they can say they did something and the other guy didn't. That type of policy making can be just as dangerous as laws that place corporate greed ahead of the public good.

Regards,
-Kevin Hall

OT - You're right about the Induce Act, and while one call alone doesn't make a difference, thousands will, so it's worth a few minutes of your time to help preserve the Betamax decision in the U.S. See savebetamax.org or eff.org for more information.