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 ' r0 G) x3 H' w2 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 d& j* c. @( A7 d
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * N i: v: ~$ [! L" L5 B' Q6 r5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 8 Z! l! S* t6 C F' @8 I, i5.39.217.76- o/ T0 }: }0 ~( H
By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇6 u2 ]1 U8 q: s" N! {
/ Q4 m1 [, Z% C: r; J/ M1 w( ^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。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. 7 x9 | L/ F fTVBNOW 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。& c' p' }" K3 p. X7 a
Which? 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. ' j( I- _, b3 F5.39.217.76 ; Y* I. u6 m6 K! F+ h& K, \2 v9 kIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.6 |; N7 J( G/ [# ^
' Z @5 B6 i$ o% v8 HTVBNOW 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。 / K0 ]( g- h+ F# k2 E# \' V公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.761 f/ b \3 {" u d
/ B3 O9 ^& _3 F5 n* hLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. # P3 y) {5 A" Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 0 E& h) I6 t% V4 F1 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. $ ^3 p q6 s. h% W% e% x6 c6 oTVBNOW 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。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。5 @9 s/ ~% m# o8 }1 i0 N
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6 H) `6 Z: {* u6 V
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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% d* Q$ | [6 p3 X# ~6 J( _/ K
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. $ y( A& L$ b( h) xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. Q3 N7 G& X. i* X$ R! {: E% b6 `
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. ; J G: D! \' Z+ q) H) |2 Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' l. ?/ q5 {1 i7 r) _% W
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.公仔箱論壇6 K ]; X* z$ s) {
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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. & ?, Y3 Z$ L, T6 t/ [% e* h# W8 n/ u' ^ ' h& H5 J: ]# a6 ?, M7 f+ m & o- M; ^9 i' z) w, {) T& h. y5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# y" {1 ]$ I/ k) U5 U
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 3 q) K4 D5 ~4 E+ `9 M+ g, T0 T : G2 K' f _ T) T* Z' U7 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 6 K$ y. a6 i( j1 O; w6 D6 g公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words $ z+ }3 F$ _: l ~9 C9 n 4 g* s! |) }( M+ o" w: M vTVBNOW 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。A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS . P- r6 n. v! V& A( e$ N3 S4 g v- a1 e5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 6 t& s, h; p1 E: Q1 D5 ~ Hamlet: 30,066 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。3 s6 A& ^. w0 N7 A9 a3 g7 m; S+ u Apple iTunes: 19,972 4 r/ `. G" G. r9 y8 xMacbeth: 18,110 8 f2 i& @4 U* @, [5 S' `' {0 k, zWindows Live: 14,714 1 H7 l+ ?& w4 p5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 2 O2 V" @$ W& R0 ~Facebook: 11,195 4 j% `+ z! }5 \, h Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 9 ?! t1 O5 _) A6 s2 s. Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇9 _6 ^* Y |$ C9 l. { Amazon Kindle: 7,115 1 V. H1 Q( |% t. F# R: r+ ~5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' S" S/ w- S7 o Twitter: 4,445 # ]2 X7 Z8 C% Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.760 ]5 w* k" n- J% K% D+ H9 W$ S' J# j
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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: q1 x" ~' n" T
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. " w5 u( }0 S. C2 X' I& PTVBNOW 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 G9 f" m7 G+ Y$ G
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ^& }% f% C/ Z7 j+ g
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 7 S6 Y$ b8 ?; T& T$ @2 D5.39.217.76 5 G+ Y( g k4 s9 A5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. $ W8 M8 H. N- l8 _/ r8 `4 F dTVBNOW 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。 6 @( E4 F0 S3 }: Q5 T( q- p0 ^8 S公仔箱論壇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* ]4 B+ {4 X# o" U9 O3 C
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