Mr. Ed's Computer Help Forum FAQ's & Answers

Mr. Ed's Computer Help Forum
(Help from a group of very knowledgeable computer users)

[ Mr. Ed's Forum ] [ Recommend Mr. Ed's ] [ Suggest A New Poll ] [ Submit Feedback ] [ Mr. Ed's Email Stripper ]

Mr. Ed's Computer Help Forum FAQ's & Answers

Here are some brief explanations of some of the questions you may have about the rules & etiquette for Mr. Ed's Computer Help Forum along with some common questions that have been routinely asked and answered.

()

Can Mr. Ed be held liable for damages to your computer, OS (Operating System), and/or loss of data resulting from your applying any suggested solution(s), recommendation(s), alteration(s) to your computer?

Mr. Ed assumes no direct (or indirect) responsibility, and shall not be held liable for the accuracy and/or any resulting damage(s) of any suggested solution(s), recommendation(s), alteration(s) to your computer, OS (Operating System), and/or loss of data, etc., for any posted question(s). Any posted solution(s), recommendation(s), alteration(s), etc., is to be regarded as a *guide* only, and is to be accepted as such.¹

Persons who use information posted within Mr. Ed’s Computer Help Forum, or any linked web site(s), do so at their own risk. Links to information on sites other than those operated by, or on behalf of, Mr. Ed’s Computer Help Forum, are for your convenience only and are not endorsements or recommendations of those sites. Mr. Ed’s Computer Help Forum does not assume any responsibility for information found at those sites, nor make any representation or warranty with respect to these sites and/or their information.

¹Source: Under Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (known as the "Good Samaritan" provision), sponsors are immune from liability for messages posted on their boards by third parties. Cases that have upheld the Good Samaritan provision include: Prodigy Communications Corp. v. Lunney, 723 N.E. 2d 539 (NY 1999) (sponsor held not liable for defamatory messages on its site without its knowledge or participation) and Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997), cert. denied U.S. Supreme Court (1998) (AOL held not liable for allegedly acting unreasonably slow to delete alleged defamatory messages).

Back to main FAQ page

[ Mr. Ed's Computer Help Forum ] [ Mr. Ed's Email Stripper (v3.0 Online) ] [ Mr. Ed's Privacy Policy Statement ]