標題: [美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth [打印本頁] 作者: vandas 時間: 2012-3-23 01:45 AM 標題: 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 7 K& K2 d" u6 Y4 o . s! f( N/ P3 q' X$ e$ Q5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . ]9 O; }0 I, o* K
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes : W) `( b8 g5 L/ l, W. N! o/ s9 J, a' `, U+ l; j: {, t
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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. : U% V0 [' U+ B% N+ A3 M5.39.217.76 ( i9 ?1 ]1 C* h) }8 U9 H% H- |' k, xWhich? 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; \: Y" C2 n& a
, D" w9 J, o+ O6 U8 V' A9 K" tIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.公仔箱論壇2 I( t8 {8 |7 y: @! F8 T2 G4 z1 }8 @
3 K/ ~( T6 E% N ' m r7 b1 y* t0 s/ _3 \' Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. H6 x, k8 w; a0 \6 \- q# ^
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. $ P% n8 v2 f/ V
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。2 q2 a. V+ O3 }0 R/ ?
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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.公仔箱論壇, Y, N' S% v+ V6 F( j: b
' D r) f2 |0 B) B4 j: \: W公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ; G) f5 ^; ]' h- o4 a& K8 {8 Y) r5.39.217.76Amazon, 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.公仔箱論壇2 ^; p! Y1 r) I/ m- U2 F
2 f( M6 U7 c X: V4 lThe 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. i7 X0 C+ q" b+ |
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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., c$ O! p, L7 o: b
. s8 P' G0 w5 c# a2 v e, V公仔箱論壇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. ) @2 F6 l) d" h+ @2 R5 R* }: \% O8 f; cTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.761 Q: a+ |& ]. ?" o 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。1 y2 @' z9 Q1 k6 s
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.76) K; |2 w- u, l, g( ^4 T6 g
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet / {2 h+ V9 [! M. l; n4 o9 D5 q, n8 S 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。4 H; ~0 V/ A9 X
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ( d& _& a3 P U# `8 t/ m6 [ 2 a! g; M" H: Z, ?. v+ F7 ^: r/ U$ u5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS8 N. X6 o+ x$ O6 ~& ~0 q4 H# m4 { Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 L; z5 w% x# B Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇' S {( W& g( L3 f Apple iTunes: 19,972 : s9 I+ K0 ~6 `- y0 @/ Q& iMacbeth: 18,110 ( o3 V0 X6 {8 _6 I% o1 c4 V Windows Live: 14,714 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。" M1 O) C. G i* t Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ' ~+ m" f+ T1 X# i公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇. c7 Q% s$ @$ A3 s1 c' H' b9 C Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 7 N3 \8 r3 K$ q/ f0 B, _9 R, y( wApple iCloud: 10,724 * c: v- x) s, [ u公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ) t, @- G( @% W/ RTVBNOW 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。Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 3 N+ l: a* K& V! a$ K9 O2 z4 \* a! g公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 + h& N: B% e- W1 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。7 L/ H( B6 r" s! L) e& i
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?. c8 m& R- M# {
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.3 z2 G/ I! W& T' ?6 s: b& e7 i- T
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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. : R5 F1 a/ D* T, hOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? v0 X8 d% ?* JTVBNOW 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。 9 _* ]* e* b1 f& T/ F3 v, H7 Q `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. - `8 G$ \$ n6 Z2 {7 f # [' F# N% u% X& KWhile 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.6 F; y, `6 i! `8 e- E! n
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