Regulations Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities and Public Accommodations, 75 Fed. Reg. 43460 (proposed July 26, 2010) ....................................................................................................... 11
And the court’s analysis reflected this approach: first, by reasoning that the needs of people with disabilities bolstered Defendants’ right to fair use, and, second, by holding that the Chafee Amendment, permitting reproduced and distributed copies Case 12-4547, Document 145, 06/04/2013, 955600, Page11 of 24
Outside of the Second Circuit, there are numerous examples of courts attempting to harmonize state statutes and public agencies’ actions with the goals of disability laws through making reasonable modifications or accommodations.
3 See also Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535, 551 (1974) (“[W]hen two statutes are capable of co-existence, it is the duty of the courts, absent a clearly expressed congressional intention to the contrary, to regard each as effective.”); Kort v. Diversified Collection Services Inc., 270 F. Supp.
For this group, the transformative use applies in another, more profound sense: it permits them to have access to, and make use of, printed material in a manner commensurate with that of sighted Case 12-4547, Document 145, 06/04/2013, 955600, Page19 of 24