[games_access] 1. US Antidiscrimination Law, ? (Sandra Uhling)

[Sandra Uhling]

Hi,

sometimes it is stupid. It is all about power instead of what people need.

An US politician told german politicians that we need something like this,
too.

But it seems that they both have to do something ....

 

Thanks,

Sandra

 

Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] Im
Auftrag von Ian Hamilton
Gesendet: Sonntag, 28. April 2013 15:28
An: games_access at igda.org
Betreff: Re: [games_access] 1. US Antidiscrimination Law, ? (Sandra Uhling)

 

It's title III of the ADA that you're thinking of. It does cover private
sector but only in a very limited scope, it only applies to access to
physical locations, or goods and services within those physical locations. 

 

The notion that discrimination and exclusion is only of any relevance to the
private sector when it happens in a public place is a pretty poor one. 

 

Take Walmart for example, their website is obviously far more useful for
people with a wide range of impairments than their physical stores. However
there is no legal requirement for their web store to be accessible, and a
strong legal requirement for their physical store to be accessible.

 

It was title III that was the basis for that old failed vision-impaired
gamer Vs Sony legal case about access to  online environments such as
Everquest, quashed on the basis that "places of public accommodation" refers
only to physical rather than virtual environments. 

 

There's a really good article about it here:

 

http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2010/games-disability-and-anti-discrimination-laws
/

 

And more details about title III itself here:

 

http://www.ada.gov/t3hilght.htm



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