15 years ago in reason.

• Author: Olson, Walter
• Position: Citings - Internet access of handicapped persons and China's online music policy - Brief article

"Requiring Web publishers to make their sites 'accessible' to blind, deaf, and other handicapped users under the Americans with Disabilities Act was a nearly perfect way to stifle creative freedom and slam the brakes on the Internet's expansion."

--Walter Olson, "Access Excess"

"The Chinese Ministry of Culture, which will review all music posted on the site, envisions a place where all of China's 1.2 billion potential Madonnas and Ricky Martins can tunefully sing the praises of the state to a worldwide audience. As Western record labels are finding out, however...