Improving Access to Commercial Websites Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act
Improving Access to Commercial Websites Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act
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根据《美国残疾人法案》和《二十一世纪通信和视频无障碍法案》改善对商业网站的访问
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2013
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Courtney Burks
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Courtney Burks
1990年，国会颁布了《美国残疾人法》（ADA），这是迄今为止最全面的反歧视法律之一。《残疾人法》第三章要求私营企业做出合理努力，确保残疾人能够进入其“公共住所”。然而，随着互联网在美国人的生活中变得越来越普遍，人们一直在争论商业网站是否是第三章规定的公共住宿场所。为了帮助确保残疾人社区不会随着国家对基于网络的技术的依赖的增加而落后，国会颁布了《二十一世纪通信和视频无障碍法案》（“CVAA”）。本说明探讨了对标题III的相互冲突的解释，以及CVAA如何影响ADA对商业网站的应用。本说明最后指出，“公共住宿场所”的广义定义符合《美国残疾人法》的历史和宗旨，需要制定实施统一技术无障碍标准的联邦法规，以减少对属于第三章范围的网站的无障碍。
In 1990, Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") — one of the most comprehensive set of antidiscrimination laws to date. Title III of the ADA requires private businesses to make reasonable efforts to ensure that disabled individuals are able to access their "place[s] of public accommodation." However, as the internet has grown more ubiquitous in Americans’ lives, there have been debates whether a commercial website is a place of public accommodation under Title III. In order to help ensure that the disabled community is not left behind as the nation’s dependence on web-based technology increases, Congress enacted the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act ("CVAA"). This Note examines conflicting interpretations of Title III, and how the CVAA may affect the ADA’s application to commercial websites. This Note concludes by arguing that a broad definition of “place of public accommodation” is in line with the history and purpose of the ADA, and federal regulations imposing uniform technical accessibility standards are needed in order to diminish the accessibility barriers to websites that fall within the scope of Title III.