- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 18:37:27 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
This is an extreme way to do it, although it seems to me personally that there is no reason for people who are actually running into problems not to go to court, if they can afford it. And supporting them seems worthwhile too. But you should be advising your clients, as part of your professional responsibility, of their legal obligations. You can point out to them that you need extra provision in the contract specifying that the client is responsible for accessibility and will ensure someone else meets all legal requirements, and explain to them that this is necessary for you to be doing things without accessibility built in to your part of the work. Oh, and you can just talk to them about it. That's how I learned... Cheers Charles On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Bill Mason wrote: > >At 05:57 AM 07/05/2002, Pete Urwin wrote: >>Given that most of our clients have never heard of W3C and accessibility, >>how can low levels of awareness be raised? > >Maybe I'm just in a bad mood this morning because I feel rotten, but I >personally believe (in the U.S. anyway) nothing major will ever happen >until someone takes a web site owner to court over it and wins. > >Bill Mason >Accessible Internet >w3c@accessibleinter.net >http://www.accessibleinter.net/ > > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +33 4 92 38 78 22 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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