[thelist] liability and the web

[Martin]

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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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