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* j8 ^& ^3 Z0 G) V/ Y
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ n: Q- a% @9 i$ i' _5 t! X% ~
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes + {: b, k" R0 a0 B0 z* \) k4 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。, z: R: r" O# b' J
By Tom Gardner $ K; c$ a, F& B- J 3 B* r( a+ M5 s% }$ a8 A; D5.39.217.76A 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.' z' n, _/ H, I) r# }% S
# ?8 n4 a/ w5 ?! l5.39.217.76Which? 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. d2 R" j& n0 U Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.763 @; J. ^6 _' z$ Q2 n
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 [7 a7 f& n, j+ K i
- T, u& F) P- f a+ n 5 A. L: f0 l: Q, o5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇2 O% D) k$ L0 T. Z7 K
. G1 H9 X8 Z2 r, \$ X. U; H0 k- _ cTVBNOW 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. , Q# j2 z+ O/ `# s3 _3 J7 L- U* a3 j1 a! B5 ?
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 5 T# q7 A$ R. f8 @, r - P- e- f7 b2 r- M: c& V/ |5.39.217.76A 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. " n/ o( \5 Y" c- M6 w6 ?* p5.39.217.765.39.217.76, C5 G; d* w& [* ~/ j
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’( _% I& w8 P& P0 G( _8 _- v: N' Z( H
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. + _( B: L Q3 ]# O* t1 E# htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ! I% a {) V9 J% ^' Htvb 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. , B1 z: F( X9 C公仔箱論壇) S- y( r' p3 ~2 r
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. + n2 z; D4 U$ Z1 V3 j6 J! |公仔箱論壇 5 U2 S4 F o2 DHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.$ J& f0 K r/ E7 y
7 o- @; Z& u O7 f5 ~: D+ F w5.39.217.76 1 R e5 `9 f5 U& DFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 P6 ^9 K7 H, S公仔箱論壇5.39.217.769 f! N5 g% h* ] 4 q( s- J, D7 a; j) S: m
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet $ Z, d7 m; J* H9 p5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。6 W$ S( Y0 M/ T+ Q/ J% _ $ d( } H3 _4 {2 |, h7 ]Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words & O! I+ t, J: L+ ?% s) S3 k公仔箱論壇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。; T' G3 f+ _3 R: V* R 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。7 }( S o. w; y( C Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.769 V" o2 d6 B N Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76$ {) |0 [( b7 o Apple iTunes: 19,972 # P. |3 P- d& A9 F, o: k/ CMacbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇) E% w L5 r2 A; S' p Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; ^: Z$ c% ~# V( C* C# Y5 F Apple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇7 y8 r$ [; R/ B9 y" R Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.763 x( a1 ?! T& ?- g) _ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76; U' e {, i! e6 } Apple iCloud: 10,724 3 M' s: T4 M8 s: J& Z) m' J( w Amazon Kindle: 7,115 . D W- }! l0 L* e" Q* JAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 6 n! i+ J4 }6 W Twitter: 4,445 3 M9 {+ F. [7 v5 y4 d+ d; S5 K1 f
$ y2 U0 }$ z6 f! cApple’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? ( ^4 x. i0 p! @* ?# eTVBNOW 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( y1 ^6 `3 k2 k2 g; ^* F( k
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. " d0 r9 A. v( D/ Q# u公仔箱論壇 $ }$ t4 Z& `/ u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. 6 p6 L: A5 u% r: Z' W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?. ^' S7 g4 x1 F" |. Z J8 Q/ V7 M
' u( a+ I- `- F- 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。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. ! X% } s1 c) N- ?4 h6 D! r ' ?) n) Z7 I- G9 I" P3 O0 }9 vWhile 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,bttvb7 @. S3 d+ q+ S0 X; O
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