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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) X* q5 s N0 Z) \
3 u# r8 I1 i# y1 P( A8 E5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 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。; Y$ e4 f Q: @2 [! Y
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ( O3 ^9 H, J. W5 ^& d) c9 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * e7 o; y/ [) m% V, q7 ~By Tom Gardner# G0 t& D" b( l0 I" a
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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. : r7 p, j$ ^7 ?+ K: b1 W" w8 `5.39.217.763 f) F) F6 I& D7 s
Which? 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.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 G8 n1 v$ B9 Y1 ^9 h; r) p
& Y0 y3 I. `2 m/ Z; pIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.5.39.217.76/ }+ |* r% t2 K# J7 X( c6 M( x- t6 T
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 5 b8 V2 c( x' p3 N; K+ ^公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇3 }3 U1 e0 _/ B- n
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 s/ d- i& s1 `5 \9 u+ R7 T7 s( {9 N/ z" }7 ?
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.762 ~+ U8 R; S6 f; D3 G6 r
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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 W. c) p& {( f0 |/ ] _+ L& d, V" Z0 l! j: N* E+ T
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ) k; V3 l" r: Q! |: n. P; b. M公仔箱論壇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. # ~! h$ z% q+ p, J1 W) \, H4 n5.39.217.765.39.217.769 ~1 \" v, [! t
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. 1 O1 V1 l7 D4 U6 \0 WTVBNOW 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。 , _% S: H3 S7 p' a1 Z. R5 ?5.39.217.76It 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.3 c' Y- S$ Z8 T" U/ t
$ b' h% d2 V7 D6 a: g$ d5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.4 l1 _) E4 G5 x
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 J" L. W N! c8 u: @4 nTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76' B& X' d* C# C6 J1 c# W! ~- w2 | 1 @4 C$ G6 V6 v; ]# b. eTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.767 @( S2 s3 N$ ~ ~6 T
c6 N/ Z! r0 z5.39.217.76 7 _) j; }" e; p5 ]+ |) T' {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 o8 d% \( g' }+ W
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。- e( p: Q8 C |9 z" ~# w A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 4 n6 i N% y" [8 F- |" d4 x; o# fPaypal: 36,275 & f& K: O$ v3 [- H" t4 P. A+ [+ \: ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76* b% l% Y' i l8 h8 ? Apple iTunes: 19,972 ! F( Z1 }+ Q, j3 P) }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。Macbeth: 18,110 7 G4 M: e- H# w" }8 u公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 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 D: Z9 E' q' M; p: S4 d! Z Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.76+ O/ n9 Y8 d) ]5 Y Facebook: 11,195 # w) F' L7 _4 u3 X9 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 & l* j1 u$ f+ @, B/ ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 - v, Y% ?8 y' r' R+ s$ 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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5 Q3 B+ {3 |9 j0 q5 E Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 : ^2 Z, X( P) g, ~: O! C6 s公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.766 X8 q) _ b( u6 t
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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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 T$ U% y- S- C
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇$ {0 _3 N' J! x/ X- B5 \
7 a3 `' q1 B5 ?9 j4 n0 H5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ' o1 P/ @% u) w0 `$ p( x2 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 0 k7 b; \- d$ V+ Z) v3 t- i 7 [+ i X. N5 r8 D9 T5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.+ z+ `2 R) l+ a- M4 r% U
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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.5.39.217.762 K N6 C# _5 j. d
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