Originally Posted by
steven52682
first off, I actually like Cowheard. I generally think hes pretty good, although this seems over the top. I tried to do a very quick and brief search in Lexis and Westlaw and nothing popper up that would indicate any sort of liability here. my intial reaction is that when you put up a website it is sort of like caveat emptor - and if your site can't handle the traffic it gets then it is your fault. If Cowheard had gone on the radio and said "I have this really great website and really want ALL my fans to go look at it and see how well done it is and how well written it is" and it crashed from all the traffic would there likewise be a calling for a civil suit?