Comment Re:One of the worse lawsuits in recent times (Score 1) 546
Yes, it is the design they are suing over, much like companies have been sued because someone in a wheelchair can't get in the door. It has nothing to do with content.
And can you explain to me how a blind person wanting to have access to a business / for-profit website that non-disabled people can access is somehow unequal?
And no, I don't think this is one of the worst lawsuits in recent times, I think it's *really* smart. For years the disabled population has struggled to gain equal access to things that non-disabled people don't have to deal with. The ADA helped greatly by requiring businesses to accommodate people with disabilities so that they could get in the stores. Now suppose several years down the road, major book sellers close their physical locations and do all their business online. What happens then? Without some sort of standards or protections in place, they will be right back where they started.
