Re: FN-FORUM: Websites for the disabled

date posted 8th January 2008 11:23


On 8 Jan 2008, at 12:18, Gary Short wrote:
>
> I have confirmed this view with the DRC and they agree that it is
> correct, providing the web site is not the means by which a service
> provider is satisfying his/her obligations under the act for a
> service he/she provides.


Ah.

I am not a lawyer, but I suspect that one day soon a legal precedent
will be set that determines that a commercial B2C Web site *is* a
service and as such is bound by the DDA.

As long as we agree accessibility is good and we're only disputing
semantics then I agree - An inaccessible web site is not against the
law, unless the law decides it is a service.

So - you decide - is your Web site a service? If so you might be sued.

Fine points, but then that's what makes lawyers rich....

;)