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> On Mar 21, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Atty via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Is check and paypal the only way to pay for an entry?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
> via stylist
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:50 PM
> To: 'Applebutter Hill'; 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] FW: Victory in Scribd case: internet-based companies
> must comply with the ADA
> 
> Hey Donna,
> 
> This is great news. Thanks so much, and keep up the good fight.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Applebutter
> Hill via stylist
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 9:28 PM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Subject: [stylist] FW: Victory in Scribd case: internet-based companies must
> comply with the ADA
> 
> Hello Friends,
> As many of you know, I did a little consulting, PR and writing about the
> online subscription library Scribd, which is inaccessible to authors and
> readers with print disabilities. NFB filed a law suit against them last
> summer. The following is from a deaf-blind lawyer at the firm Disability
> Rights Advocates and is hot off the presses. I think it's a landmark
> decision which will hopefully have long term benefits for those of us
> seeking online access.
> Donna
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haben Girma [mailto:habengirma at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 9:14 PM
> Subject: Victory in Scribd case: internet-based companies must comply with
> the ADA
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I'm pleased to share exciting news: yesterday, March 19, 2015, Judge William
> K. Sessions III issued a beautifully written opinion holding that companies
> providing services through websites and apps must comply with the Americans
> with Disabilities Act (ADA).
> 
> Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) filed a lawsuit last year in the U.S.
> District Court for the District of Vermont against San Francisco-based
> Scribd, Inc. for failing to design its website and apps in a manner
> accessible to blind readers. Rather than providing access to blind readers
> who want to read the more than 40 million books and documents in the Scribd
> collection, Scribd moved to dismiss the case alleging that the ADA exempts
> businesses that operate exclusively online.
> 
> Confirming what DRA, NFB, and other advocates have argued, the Court ruled
> on March 19th that the ADA does indeed cover online businesses. "Now that
> the internet plays such a critical role in the personal and professional
> lives of Americans, excluding disabled persons from access to covered
> entities that use it as their principal means of reaching the public would
> defeat the purpose of this important civil rights legislation," the Court
> wrote.
> 
> The Court's ruling signals to online businesses the importance of designing
> websites and apps for accessibility. The decision impacts all entities that
> conduct business in Vermont over the Internet, and just about every online
> business has customers in Vermont. Through this case, Disability Rights
> Advocates works to change attitudes about accessibility not only at Scribd,
> but throughout the digital services industry. We hope companies will feel
> inspired to make their services accessible after reading the Court's
> decision.
> 
> Advocates around the country celebrate the Court's confirmation that the ADA
> applies to online businesses. Only one other court has held that the ADA
> covers virtual businesses, National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix, Inc.
> Together, the Scribd and Netflix decisions promise Americans with
> disabilities that the ADA's protections apply to services over the Internet.
> 
> A copy of our client NFB's press release and the Court's opinion is here:
> http://dralegal.org/pressroom/press-releases/dra-achieves-victory-in-scribd-
> case-internet-based-companies-must-comply.
> 
> Hope you will celebrate this weekend!
> 
> Best,
> Haben=
> 
> 
> 
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