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 MacbethTVBNOW 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 h* ]# ]3 G9 J5 \' A+ [
5 ^5 f: n+ j) d2 C3 u3 `/ J- wWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ; ]9 |2 L( S2 y( I
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 1 L9 {% y( [1 b5 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.769 E* c! a! |8 Y
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4 r s+ l/ z% M3 C) d3 K5.39.217.76A 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. # E# _0 a7 H. u+ [- u0 W- T9 y9 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。 , V3 f' o8 q5 u& [2 a& Z5.39.217.76Which? 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. 9 G' w6 d% x" H% A) e公仔箱論壇& g: C; v! t$ u8 h4 M3 |
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. 6 y! s8 F3 h. V# E) C, 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。; Q) w8 }4 U4 \6 o" d8 }9 I % \- z' w. \$ f; l W g8 q
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇7 Z7 ^( t' w7 N- ]" z
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. & z# @- j. A% }$ k3 e: h
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇* D2 ]% _& r4 b/ |
" y2 S6 F5 y: AA 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.公仔箱論壇- A; L8 ^1 y% c! E2 `
2 D) L' I2 U# F& L1 I( [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ b- S. ^6 I. J0 g* O$ I0 h$ EAmazon, 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.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。9 @3 j6 o2 K8 A8 [1 \: R
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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. 5 _- d: L4 y" Y* ?: I5 _" B7 J9 u6 u4 lTVBNOW 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 ^- C/ O+ x d! {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.5.39.217.767 ~& R/ P/ ]* H& G- g
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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. 5 ~9 b) Y8 i9 \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。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 g( C8 n/ Q- P% v; m- f # i Q& Z3 ^# n6 H0 h) t7 KFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina7 a: ]( b: P; k" k; ~
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' g" b( _5 n' u+ t- |0 w$ J0 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76) H! h: A" u: K; [" Y1 e" R# I 9 ^8 L. n/ Q* M) \; c% Q: c1 e K7 zWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇0 E& p. p& o+ H9 s+ L" i5 D) ~( d
5.39.217.76! ~$ k% g1 }8 Y; f6 K' { A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS; ]; {$ h- M% e; g( X3 w Paypal: 36,275 , P( K6 M1 t% g- F. E% A. l' @公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 8 I: q" X0 M* ` Apple iTunes: 19,972 6 ^. O6 T% R6 ^2 [+ ^Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ R& T( d! |3 \" {! Q4 ], y2 K Windows Live: 14,714 i0 x: H4 f! `, r5 O9 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.763 |, W6 d4 M0 z" Z Facebook: 11,195 * K- U; H# d) Q Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ' D$ c) k! }, l' ^0 p6 h3 K5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇* B3 b# X6 |; E Amazon Kindle: 7,115 / z! v) D: S! t; F+ V j. Q) ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 * f3 ~) U! h. A N 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。 p1 c7 u( j$ {% Z& Z1 l1 Y
. V& t* Z+ Y8 I6 V! W5.39.217.76Apple’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?+ e5 Q4 p/ r' t& A2 [
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.% M2 p! L# C0 p1 e
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' j. u- ^$ z; M* B( J, i- D
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?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 t& H. u, [* e% t) O
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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。9 z/ D/ x: T {! m. i9 a7 T
7 a: z3 C4 b( A) ^& a公仔箱論壇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.& o9 |3 Z \4 i3 X! `
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