[thelist] liability and the web
Martin
martin at members.evolt.org
Fri Jul 6 01:55:48 CDT 2001
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tss24 at cornell.edu wrote on 6/7/01 12:46 am
>when designing a website for a client, how big is the
>issue of liability?
Enormous, particularly when the site is a core part
of their business. As Peter pointed out yesterday, the
average cost of an eBusiness being down is US$8k
an hour...
>so if we state in it, we aren't repsonsible if your
>site fails, server breaks, ect (things beyond our
>control), than are we generally safe?
If the client is dumb enough to sign that, yes.
Cheers
Martin
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