Chapter 7 covers a vendor's disclaimers of liability for certain of its subcontractors, like cloud hosts. It goes over the type of subcontractors typically disclaimed and the rationale for doing so. The chapter also explains the difference between liability and responsibility, and it offers compromise solutions for negotiations stuck on this issue.

For samples of some contract terms discussed in this chapter, please visit our Clauses Archive and scroll down to II-K.6, Additional Disclaimers, 3rd example.