ADA doesn't cover Web, says judge
MIAMI, Oct. 22, 2002 --A federal judge says websites are not covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act and don't have to be accessible.
The ruling came Friday in a case filed by Access Now, a Florida-based disability group, against Southwest Airlines. The airline's web site is almost impossible to use by blind travelers, it said in its suit. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz of dismissed the suit, insisting that the ADA applies only to physical spaces, not to the Internet.