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 * p7 G7 Z% @# \0 }7 ~' z$ c9 c* g+ 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。 ' h. k/ G: h* L& ]& A2 h/ Q+ r0 M5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5.39.217.766 ^% D! W1 V* H4 c8 ^7 c, ^8 O5 x1 Y! h
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇: ~) o9 l3 s) s0 Q1 \# b
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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.5.39.217.76) [( b ^5 l7 s: t8 t A3 t/ _" V
$ i( O" w1 |: x" O/ nWhich? 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. a; {7 r* N# J8 y
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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. , `7 ~! e+ {& b0 |- n( w5.39.217.768 o- w) i) ~9 | a( M# P% { : [) B$ U! D5 I, q8 F* _8 A) w7 Q公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 7 p& z3 _) ]0 Q. S- k' J' K2 ]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。公仔箱論壇4 i) ]& v% L4 T; N o0 \
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5 J- G, L. [4 X, w4 K4 v5 o5 ~0 _2 | # i* e% v. k2 l2 ~5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. " S( n; ~ U; D! |" r( ~4 m 5 R9 i6 a& }" ]1 ^6 gA 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. " H$ u' E/ u9 T N9 j8 o1 A) Z" L! {, T- ]8 |* B
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇8 k. j# r7 D; A% e2 b5 S
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.9 t7 `& Z* w0 B# l: ^1 T
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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.6 R# E! e" A( P( H) e2 F9 J
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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.公仔箱論壇. S* }( C$ z8 m) ?3 m
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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. 1 Q* L! \# {- w/ R* C5.39.217.76 6 ~8 O9 r, l5 w5 v+ b8 y! m公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇! L7 u- b3 T1 M1 A1 J% I( J6 @
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 F9 R V, x6 F& l; e. F' btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.760 u- {5 S3 y( R2 w3 S: S . T3 X" B. ?) B
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76+ x( w. F9 P1 B7 P
公仔箱論壇5 f' [" E, c, T# G' H j0 c : c/ H' n3 x0 t4 s6 s) T1 ]+ E4 x! g" Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words * g% u7 V( X+ f* btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb a* T; Q% H9 J7 \% x/ {1 h1 QTVBNOW 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- Q; `/ i* G( f% j' c3 K5 G Paypal: 36,275 1 ?$ C8 C5 a& j2 |4 A2 g( ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 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。2 \1 J* |) {9 X5 W3 ^ Apple iTunes: 19,972 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。! s" r' t1 t/ L! Y8 v Macbeth: 18,110 4 g3 b! r, p- V$ Z7 ?Windows Live: 14,714 5 M: A( `; y3 R/ f1 a! @1 i% {Apple iOS 5: 13,366 6 j/ `' }( n$ X4 u: Z% R' ITVBNOW 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。Facebook: 11,195 ' H* d N$ X( L ~$ n+ \Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 $ |# e5 b7 K; {9 w1 Y4 H0 T5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 * F% a* }$ n* j4 R' JAmazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76; P# f8 @- l9 m0 z( C/ ?# m# j Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 . O5 E0 f! R! I9 y, ]/ M; ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 8 l7 f! A7 N( t/ v1 v $ `* X1 a( D0 T3 O2 l) k3 v, @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。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?- L8 s/ |* Y" ]4 X8 W1 G
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ) }* k( }; l" [3 {( Z& s2 Y+ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , h$ u; l0 S! e; o% ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ) i7 L, B/ C3 B: `" h8 `* y公仔箱論壇Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 4 P4 u; C$ H- q: n) O( ITVBNOW 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 A' T8 X# X1 L7 sTVBNOW 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。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.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。+ j' x s6 r! |. K- u9 E4 c
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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. " ^# D% @4 N" T* \( A+ ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! y; |5 p9 }1 `3 f, m( T$ Z( y9 X$ L
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