MVP130: The Return of Erik Bigglestone, Website Accessibility and ADA Lawsuits, and What Game Store Owners Need to Do To Protect Their Businesses in 2023

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Erik Bigglestone makes his return debut on the Manaverse Podcast to share his experience dealing with an ADA lawsuit last year and talk about ways for game stores to protect their businesses from predatory actors.

We discuss how Games of Berkeley was targeted last year for an Accessibility claim out of New York, the pattern of certain plaintiffs and lawyers in serving businesses in the local game store community, why making your website accessible needs to be a high priority for every game store with a website (pretty much everyone in the US at this point) and the solutions that are available right now.

Links Mentioned

• Case Tracker: https://www.pacermonitor.com
• Games of Berkeley Case: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/45245700/Toro_v_Evil_Empire_Inc,_dba_Games_of_Berkeley
• Games of Berkeley Case: Toro_v_Evil_Empire_Inc_dba_Games_of_Berkeley__nysdce-22-06001__0001.0
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation
• Remediation Company #1: https://216digital.com/
• Remediation Company #2: https://adasitecompliance.com/
• Lawyer that handled Erik's case: https://www.steinllp.com/
• https://www.accessibility.com/search?term=mars+khaimov&type=SITE_PAGE&type=LANDING_PAGE&type=BLOG_POST&type=LISTING_PAGE
• Try Accessibe free for 7 days: manaversesaga.com/ada (affiliate link)
• See how accessible your website is: https://accessibe.com/accessscan
• Email Erik: erik@gamesofberkeley.com/

If your shop is based in the US, your game store's website may be a huge liability for you. Recently passed legislation has made the internet a public accommodation and that means that if your website isn't accessible, you're at risk of serious fines from the government and especially lawsuits. Game stores in particular are being targeted by a law firm in New York and if you don't want to be served with a five digit lawsuit, you need a solution. The best option on the market is AccessiBe. AccessiBe is an affordable AI based app that automatically makes your website accessible for all sorts of people and protects you with an accessibility statement and litigation support. It's an all in one win-win solution for game stores that only takes 48 hours to protect your business and make it more accessible to the people that need it.

You can grab this deal by signing up for a free 7 day trial by going to manaversesaga.com/ada.