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[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth
To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth公仔箱論壇# \+ _: h# s3 u& c
2 E% d, \ s# Z5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
l o% E2 X$ n3 W$ Q: d+ oWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes
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By Tom Gardner
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6 P" d! M+ q* D# T- Z9 E+ f5.39.217.76A consumer watchdog has launched a scathing attack on websites which make users agree to terms and conditions that can be tens of thousands of words long.
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6 _+ @% K$ `9 E: z1 {. e( rWhich? said it was 'unreasonable' to expect people to wade through pages of legal jargon, then tick a box to say they have read and understood the small print.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) d' O2 ~& D+ n3 ?. L9 G; J' `
]6 K) i7 K4 p- z, }' C/ o0 |It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.
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$ \- Y: d \1 r4 N& _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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9 ^. t0 u( W4 f7 s8 V" w公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ( ]6 r2 e" j* Q
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A spokesman for Which? said: ‘We think it’s unreasonable to ask people to read prohibitively long T&Cs before they agree to use a service.
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76" L# q& @6 |$ x
Amazon, Google, Facebook and Windows also have enough words to fill a small novel yet expect them to be read as part of their contract with the customer.
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The worst culprit is PayPal, a secure payment system for internet users, which has a terms and conditions box containing a total of 36,275 words.5.39.217.760 j _4 E4 Q" r# B6 f" P' _1 F$ E
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Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 J/ A& ]1 H" h P5 B$ L% b: T! P4 m
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina
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+ `4 \3 s; i) t4 t) [) @公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Paypal: 36,275
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Apple iTunes: 19,972
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Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. X! X& E8 q5 L
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.76- D) \8 t% U' C% b0 Z
Facebook: 11,195 , c2 K L5 r8 @! T5 Y
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76 Q9 O+ D+ w) V ?, F
Apple iCloud: 10,724 0 z% {; x3 u# W) T# P
Amazon Kindle: 7,115
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Twitter: 4,445
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Apple’s iTunes has a total of 19,972 words telling users what they can and can’t do while Macbeth runs to 18,100 in comparison, said Which?
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2 g8 r% l9 u: {- w1 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.
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This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.
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While using the Amazon website means reading 5,212 words of T&C, using the firm’s Kindle product requires ticking a box to say you’ve read 7,115 words of policy.
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