[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth

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To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth
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: ~1 X& [7 ]& o2 n' x; xWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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A 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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0 A! T" U% V3 g5.39.217.76Which? 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.
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0 S( G- H3 a. B5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.* x  |, u( @) L4 D/ G7 E; N

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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇8 |+ s/ U  M; ]- A$ d+ x, w9 x( c* K

& w: z7 b4 o. F3 c2 ILeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet.
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.! W2 I( z$ [1 G9 v# Y( E0 n, K* O

1 r; W5 W0 R7 i' W4 aA 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 d/ B/ L* t) C6 y: [
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’4 E$ D6 T6 F" ~% o
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 y3 u) c5 ]; W, ]
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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.+ `( \; l$ |5 N8 U2 B6 @0 e
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It includes around 9,200 words on its privacy policy and the rest split on its shipping services policy, billing agreement and terms of acceptable use.
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) l6 @# p5 z2 S" f5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.% U3 o7 b8 v1 W! p: }8 T3 b
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% D& e$ G' \- X8 L5 y5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。/ [/ O& H2 D  ~9 [

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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇- h: j6 a# W2 B2 F

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Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇0 u6 J# y' R9 d& y
Hamlet: 30,066 6 S1 f: p# {# [8 G7 I8 O
Apple iTunes: 19,972
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' C+ S$ h/ H. _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366
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Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
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Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, F' M5 o" E8 T) W) L4 z6 w, `7 y
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212
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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?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。# ]/ w$ I/ S9 X, J. }

; Z; d" e" V2 _8 h8 H. s5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇6 X& {' ]( c/ x3 i2 Y& }8 T6 V
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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.; h; H& g/ K4 T  K/ ?
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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.公仔箱論壇. I' j; M% Q1 b
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