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Posted by Toby A Inkster on 08/02/07 17:42
SpaceGirl wrote:
> Chaddy2222 wrote:
>
>> I actually am beginning to really wonder how well these laws regarding
>> web accessibility will be able to actually be in forced. Here in
>> Australia we now have a section in the disability discrimination act
>> that relates to websites, but they rely on the W3C's guidelines (which
>> are rather poor) when it comes to a lot of this multimedia stuff. So
>> what you say really highlights that point.
>
> I suspect if this reached a test case in court, it would be dismissed.
> It's totally unenforceable for modern multimedia web sites.
You're dead wrong.
The Bruce Lindsay Maguire vs Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic
Games case was somewhat of a landmark case in the sphere of web
accessibility. Although Maquire vs SOCOG only sets a legal precedent in
Australia, it considered to be a model case by many internationally.
As a result of the case, SOCOG was legally obliged to add alt text to all
images on its website and plain links in places where it had previously
used a less accessible form of navigation.
See:
http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/decisions/comdec/2000/DD000120.htm
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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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