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公仔箱論壇 |/ E" J% S1 K; P) P' B: l, j1 H
! s. Q% U \! z+ G/ g( @Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇' C7 g4 v# H. E B' S0 c G5 m
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes+ R0 x" h) q7 V) b; ~: \
9 G8 ]& G+ [2 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。By Tom GardnerTVBNOW 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 e4 p' n$ ]( p- W% N9 K
% s* ]; B l) p" X, r1 mTVBNOW 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.5.39.217.762 I& q( r7 g9 s
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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. 1 B4 G1 X' g* t- h! D+ T1 u公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76- ^' z# R# \- h* i tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb L4 _7 _$ C* ]: {( H* `, p: S
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet7 ^. f @7 k0 L
, x3 C9 Q: j) R D! 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 7 `9 d9 V. d5 X1 h( y1 z6 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。 / P# m" ~) n' D6 J# `( v8 |The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. % A7 h% L& {, ^$ O0 e公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 ~/ b$ R, Y9 r: \( V
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. 1 y. b ]2 n5 p" Y$ 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。5.39.217.761 e* o" Y+ L) Y- F( N4 F. P( ]5 u
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 8 s" J! ?+ E3 H7 T4 wAmazon, 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. / j6 D) i" ]. D5 L% r: `! o5.39.217.765 X# T `$ L+ i+ m
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. 9 s' q4 `; H5 o6 N, \0 [ 0 d9 j: P9 u4 z% |* q" S; @* 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。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.1 w! F" H; V. ~& Y, d/ p2 i% 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. . l+ i1 U' x" G0 a0 itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# t% r9 s- P; O3 Y2 F( p 公仔箱論壇; a: i# {% `+ u
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇" l" F" K; x! E1 J% C& l1 o5 K
! A1 ?6 Y9 b6 C6 ]; O! ^ \公仔箱論壇 # S0 a' A. H* w8 L Y* n! ]5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇/ q; [1 \- j- J/ ?( | v3 O. J
5.39.217.76/ t, _0 M P! R/ g# o) v # r" {: S+ _0 _1 A7 L- Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇5 X6 K- \, h D% p1 q Y
1 V) t- h* H. u% g公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CSTVBNOW 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。; `: B" O) ^, U# n! |* w Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76, A4 R3 q+ z( {. n% K$ @9 o Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇/ T1 a, r! D( R6 v6 V( }7 x Apple iTunes: 19,972 8 m8 e% g9 F2 R% O, E5 d0 U( U( F5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 4 ]! {& x; \0 ^* u3 t7 v! [9 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 + C$ r1 P' s' S/ p2 a+ a! @ Apple iOS 5: 13,366 - z0 N( ]* a& ^) i( Q C7 jFacebook: 11,195 # P$ u( p: e7 T% y. Y: E9 d9 L- C4 QGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇. Z) p! } y" U$ T8 `+ T, P Apple iCloud: 10,724 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 C5 k7 _; l' ^8 i Amazon Kindle: 7,115 9 R$ L8 {* ^. v+ V) \8 s Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; R: n$ F1 ~" R% Z; w Twitter: 4,445 , {0 j B3 K2 V1 U7 p
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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?3 G Z2 d% g# h2 `0 P; Y; E
- c! b* E7 t2 q5 {For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76, M; i; }' E- K' h0 _; \
! ?" p4 i$ m+ z; a5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. - `. i2 p) X, G& q! n4 o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? 7 l" ]" l* q3 o3 x. y. P$ J/ Q' z) gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76; ?3 @- I& Y# r) [' N7 _, M1 ^
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.. f& W- }$ }/ K! X" H
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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.- k" G* s+ }2 V) V9 @& F
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