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 7 o4 J) q X0 C& P3 K + K) ]! B. B0 L: ZTVBNOW 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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 7 f1 z7 I2 _; a5 X% C8 p/ s1 OWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇! W2 Y3 r! }# d1 Z# y9 E
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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.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 ?$ i+ e8 `6 x. Y
$ r( P% U- b1 I. mWhich? 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.1 l! p4 W% ~3 d' q) i
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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. 9 H& M% ?1 [( J9 @ w8 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ {% O8 u# z* E, x3 E # h3 W/ p' J( `7 O/ wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ C9 {% D( @1 w8 {8 i. `) @
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 4 d0 Y' C% D1 A) U9 G; {! @( [8 J
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ( r. ~0 l! Z2 l- 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。 * }2 [; B* K# {- Z公仔箱論壇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. 0 C2 z! o E* v+ T2 ^0 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。) _* C! u: T0 L4 H5 l
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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。' V* I+ l5 H3 E- s: Y6 }8 \
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.1 P0 P, D( d Q: f( Q
8 o3 U, ^% h, X t HThe 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. ! T' Z5 b# C1 S5 n* u2 | & K3 O X9 E7 fIt 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7 @8 L! G$ P% i. L: `; b# [ |
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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.9 H% R8 A- a5 W* L$ S" w1 b
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6 k- c2 U+ o9 I5 ]$ e2 \ 1 y! M- B9 |7 U5 a C Z( C8 r5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76/ u, F0 f8 h/ w& O1 z
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 7 N6 A5 {/ Y4 N. i5.39.217.76 " \ V, g z( B" _2 TA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 8 R% ~+ T3 A' s5 [8 [ 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。Paypal: 36,275 # I1 d+ M5 i2 |) Z2 ^* S Hamlet: 30,066 1 c; ?9 u1 d; L 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。, u; m6 z" h- u* ?$ D) c; I$ b Macbeth: 18,110 ; E' o0 ~1 L* x+ I, r& @" q( _4 u5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 S5 r( z& j* M! a6 Q3 N1 vApple iOS 5: 13,366 * w: \+ k8 S: ^+ ?8 T# I5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 0 [3 G# J6 E( d; atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。4 j8 y- [9 Q0 D* ` Apple iCloud: 10,724 5 W9 J( B3 D4 {! s6 d8 z- K5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 9 H3 F' a, D4 l: m! o b$ ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 $ [0 I5 g( O# c4 I" z% c公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 * T" y- g, y; l2 A
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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? . O( ?) X9 C* }, c$ zTVBNOW 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。 % A9 L, n" r% W7 dFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。 J0 ~% R5 J* E: v
6 D; o6 c ]; w( c/ \2 ^5 d) j$ X* dtvb 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. 8 g, g" p; P4 n% V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? ; I8 A) E# y* ~1 B ^5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇5 V0 F/ G4 s) f* f- T4 a
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./ v* V. W- c4 I- D
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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.5.39.217.76# q9 H/ _; s' @
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