[thelist] More E-Commerce Questions (Liability, Encryption)

[Robert Goodyear]

Beau:

You might look into the laws here in the states as it relates to:

1) LLC (limited liability corporations)
2) Subchapter-S corporations
3) Liability in work-for-hire contracts

/rg


--- Beau Hartshorne <beau at members.evolt.org> wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> So what would your average freelance programmer need to keep their butt
> covered when developing any type of e-commerce site? I don't want to be
> carrying liability insurance for the rest of my life, worrying about a
> dozen e-commerce sites that I've developed that one day may be somehow
> hacked. Are there any books about this you can recommend?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Beau
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Martin
> Sent: June 26, 2001 1:29 PM
> To: thelist
> Subject: Re: [thelist] More E-Commerce Questions (Liability, Encryption)
> 
> You may not have ultimate liability, but you're still liable along the
> way.
> 
> The merchant as a contract with you to implement this, therefore you're
> liable. The important thing is to ensure that the liability is passed on
> for everything except where you directly screw up.
> 


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