期刊名称：Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
印刷版ISSN：0017-8039
电子版ISSN：1943-5061
出版年度：2009
卷号：44
期号：1
出版社：Harvard Law School
摘要：The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) was intended
“to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination
of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.”1 In the context of
the Internet, however, discrimination in the form of inaccessibility persists
largely beyond the reach of the ADA. The ADA was passed at a time when
the United States was on the threshold of a revolution in information tech-
nology that would change every aspect of American life. In 1991, just one
year after the ADA was signed into law, researcher Tim Berners-Lee created
the world’s first web server, web browser, and web site.
2 The subsequent
proliferation of the Internet has left nothing untouched. For the individual,
new means of communication, entertainment, and commerce have trans-
formed daily life. For the firm, changes in methods of communication have
reduced transaction, monitoring, and agency costs. For the retailer, a new
venue for advertising has created opportunities to market and sell products
without geographical restriction. For the academic, information-sharing has
propelled new discoveries.
