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Friday
- May 5, 2000
Quebec Threatens English
Only Websites!
In a stunning online political
development, Canada's Quebec is "threatened court action against a small number
of local businesses whose Web sites are not accessible to
its French-speaking majority," according to the New
York Times.
According to the article, "Most
large corporations in Quebec have bilingual French-English
Web sites, in compliance with the province's law that all
commercial brochures, pamphlets and 'similar' communications
be available in French. But some small businesses, especially
those whose customer base is strictly English-speaking,
say Quebec's attempt to force French on the language of
the Web seems unnecessarily punitive."
The fine is equal to $1,000
American dollars and has some small businesses and Webmasters
fuming.
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here for the full story (note: may require free registration
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