I run a dog food blog/forum. We give members suggestions on dog food to feed and not to feed. Do I need a disclaimer? I would hate for someone to start feeding their dog raw food and then something happens to the dog and they try and sue me.
Of course you need one Whatever possibility that could jeopardize your business, you should address it right away.
I know that vbulletin states this by default: "All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Dog Food Nutrition Forum, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message." Does this cover my forum. If so I just need to add something to my blog.
If your forum and blog are all on the same website, why not just have one comprehensive disclaimer. It is so easy to do, it seems silly to risk not having one.
Add the disclaimer at the footer just incase. See the site at my signature *the check page rank site). I placed it where people can see clearly at the footer. ~~
disclaimer on any site is not a bad idea, but I have seen enough of small claims court to know that the owner could win in court as much as the court thinks the pet is worth, so far, i have never seen a pet case where the pet owners win stuff like "im suing for loss, because my pet was worth a million bucks to me" but anyway, even a disclaimer will go so far, if you start killing pets, then you will run into problems regardless. Its like writing a disclaimer that you are not responsible if you run out and shot someone, and then you run out and shot someone, do you still think you are not responsible just because you wrote a disclaimer?
Thanks for the comments all.. I will get right on this. Nobodies pets would die from the information I give on my blog.. Basically I just review dog food brands, but I don't want to take any chances.