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 ! V- C/ u" |- z2 p' s4 ]0 Jtvb 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。1 E {; G4 ]$ u/ T; ^/ v
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long # L* |: l3 ^0 b9 |% x$ E
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changesTVBNOW 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。. O0 K- {( j2 i- Y2 P: `8 I8 [" u
1 B9 z( h& M. m4 VBy Tom Gardner 6 \$ B2 r+ y; p+ F# z# U6 X# O0 O公仔箱論壇6 u, b9 `& |* s: z7 }
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. & q2 |& g2 Z) s" J0 h# {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 w& P: d8 R% Z/ g4 s* r5.39.217.76Which? 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.公仔箱論壇) _1 [: a% L9 y2 h
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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. - b5 b9 y7 Y6 C+ T$ ATVBNOW 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。 0 X- p8 A( L3 ^/ L/ P& z$ }6 E8 L# _ R5 q# I; k7 r7 \' s/ W
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' }. n9 `$ T/ I9 ]公仔箱論壇% c2 z9 O$ n3 J9 w/ \
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 4 d+ [- p0 {9 }5 ^' A* r公仔箱論壇 " \ Z' f, \/ h, P$ W0 A公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ; E* s" k- q% S' G T公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇) k$ e- J! G" J
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. / v- O4 c3 L9 x. \& O5 d! ]/ `5 K公仔箱論壇 3 {9 y+ }3 G9 ^1 n a* E9 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ; c) ^9 l0 f7 n# C6 P+ ^' m: [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,bttvb! Q2 P# e6 I5 Q% w4 i' U
: p% Z% O8 W2 X8 k U PThe 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. 7 A* g$ u) P0 j* t2 R4 k, K1 b& |8 Z p
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. " P% [* L7 V( ?1 V; O. u5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 O7 i0 q" z$ P9 f: w) H+ N$ g, d
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. 9 {# l! r8 }+ K5 |) {5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 d. E9 Z7 G1 `; Z: \) E6 A: \5 A 公仔箱論壇 L1 b: h8 b X6 l, |2 W
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.76 J6 ~ D) R ~0 I3 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。3 O, d* v2 |0 S9 T/ s, T 3 _$ v$ A( b6 {6 x' L1 N3 C4 h5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet / Q8 v' Y0 y& {6 [
5.39.217.76) a7 n& x0 ~3 B* L4 d# I" X - D- e/ p1 I' l, S5 b- f5 wWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ! q, S _$ D+ l3 S! a0 f9 }. t0 h" s& J6 GTVBNOW 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,bttvb. [- c( U m1 u6 h A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS$ z3 x& N4 C4 j/ c# E5 P2 d/ E Paypal: 36,275 , o% A- O4 {, U! H, I8 v公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. e. Z5 {( m9 f Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇% X+ Y6 Z( [- I- O Macbeth: 18,110 8 H o7 X) _5 E+ }2 vWindows 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。& T1 |7 Y- @8 D; u Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。( w9 m# c$ P& P- o Facebook: 11,195 ( O# g. u8 y5 s' g; ?# ZGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇6 s0 S* H& [& d3 c# _ Apple iCloud: 10,724 - G0 D- H: ]( f' f4 k' l: D; x5 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 - {; ]0 I3 B- W, q" \. p9 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇. I, O/ Q% M' A3 d, A Twitter: 4,445 & l# J9 }; ?) ]6 t
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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? ) H2 D% R* s6 N2 W/ n9 q2 V' W# ?# F公仔箱論壇 0 X+ q( h' q& V3 l* K: u" XFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.# Y5 y" T1 ]" z2 l' o) z# {' y
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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. & H" j# O, }( R0 iOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?- N# p n* g' G& f0 W5 R8 z# z: J0 t
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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.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 o" R/ o. Z Q8 Z' S
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' F; X. ?( W5 {$ I; r
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