I signed a freelance contract without reading the liability clause
🇮🇹 Italy · ⚖️ Legal · 30-39
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Read the boring pages. The dangerous parts of a contract are never in the part you are excited about.
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I signed a freelance contract without reading the liability clause
🇮🇹 Italy · ⚖️ Legal · 30-39
What happened
I skimmed a 14-page contract because the project was starting Monday. A clause made me personally liable for any downtime. A server outage that was not my fault cost me €9,000.
What it cost€9,000Time lost4 monthsEmotional costAnxious
What I learned
Read the boring pages. The dangerous parts of a contract are never in the part you are excited about.
❤️ 1,103 people learned from this