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 ; [4 G8 X% q% e/ N5.39.217.765.39.217.76/ ~3 H( }4 c. E; N- ~* a
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 1 E# E; z; ~3 j7 l, K* l, k$ g公仔箱論壇Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76% V- h9 @! y B& ^% @) i
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By Tom Gardner & F: n u" f4 }8 r 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。 ) W2 u- t# U O# c/ F8 O7 }6 pA 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. ! U9 b, M$ e% n' c 0 ^2 s% `- R6 \* B4 q3 d8 vWhich? 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. # j1 @: W: `7 H, D: q) |' n; H# w7 p4 F8 E. I9 F8 j, i
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. o% S4 h1 I( {' v ( P# h9 u/ E6 r7 X! R& Y% ]( x5.39.217.76 1 o6 k- ~2 o4 |/ Y; _Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; r! H" @+ a8 Y2 s
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 1 P& h% ^/ I6 f( w公仔箱論壇/ ]" A6 |) l; c9 b m `! f& E
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research." l. v0 k& ~0 [. D
7 q% J1 T" h( S5 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 d; W3 e0 _9 p# p4 g: ~* ~1 M; t
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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. 6 J# q# Y4 y h& v+ M. I) s公仔箱論壇 & z' ]0 u/ q! r1 _# g) Z0 Y7 ?! stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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 B$ ]3 y( f: v, i% Q 8 @1 w5 ~0 ?) i2 f2 q3 H7 H5.39.217.76It 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.0 l1 W4 Z4 k! u: f B+ y
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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. 7 B7 n6 A( C( F' F ! w( t2 W6 y( w0 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。 ' L: V' U7 x* jFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina" o7 m4 e. y! ~' a5 c6 h
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet : D0 L' H( ~" O% m8 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。 & h; e- W2 ?2 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。 3 p9 z! B- m! r/ v5 E! qWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words9 U( v- L- c9 D, E" t
$ K! U q" a# j# M( g* ^A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS' ^ }& o! B. E: \- y3 m+ } Paypal: 36,275 0 s3 a: @: ^3 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。Hamlet: 30,066 ; u3 F4 }1 Y7 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。Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇# `% {: L# d4 c& p, ]2 N Macbeth: 18,110 - O0 V2 _, U }3 [5 n2 } Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 [/ r2 {, ?, g Apple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇6 y7 o% [& ]% ?# v% X Facebook: 11,195 % D9 W+ Q& \7 j% p$ y' ?: H公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 C8 E# B5 R, j* A公仔箱論壇Apple iCloud: 10,724 6 \3 z) T7 Z( Y9 w- c公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 9 n) q( m# }+ b$ u& rAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 L8 L" o6 o' L# }6 Z& f Twitter: 4,445 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。! A8 w# M8 s+ K' C% u" ~
1 ~ T1 d3 G) y1 i( q( [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? 5 B$ h5 a- s2 j$ o1 G# a* btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb & V* B5 k$ H9 O* }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ! m/ g9 v J& Q d8 i公仔箱論壇 9 r8 F" H& g: \0 [8 P) R$ k0 t公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.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 E9 n5 t# M1 g
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? . ~' N7 [* k6 T0 T% s R" f' ~4 r 5 B0 {7 n. z, T. D& o1 H6 ^% d {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 }9 Z* l$ M1 i% j6 \8 H! `
2 w- K7 v% R# l- etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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.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。. Z/ G* B6 F9 v8 x: e: H
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