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* A5 ^. w! c2 X
; x9 T- g' k, [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5 [, u2 c% _5 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 8 k4 l$ d, Z1 ~; i$ A4 ~5.39.217.76 # u" v5 O4 }8 ^) B8 R7 k6 ^* q# uTVBNOW 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。By Tom Gardner 5 d, Z8 `9 ~$ w @公仔箱論壇 & r- |# ]5 I2 a- [; v- R1 L, I8 D" F, T* KA 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. d/ [2 ^; {6 h* @& ?9 z公仔箱論壇8 W$ `" C4 H1 V2 m( v
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.1 W* c1 i2 C: k8 h0 w S8 r
: w5 U: l' v' HIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. % M5 J+ a' M+ u2 y) uTVBNOW 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。, k) `0 K+ ^; U4 P& E 6 c6 l5 b8 I6 ]4 l0 ~2 l, T* wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 8 B3 s* z" \. i, J3 q# E7 M4 L+ y) C# j* r6 V( m R! D' ~: y
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ' b3 o/ [0 E* ^, Y公仔箱論壇 ( \, R% s$ t2 k5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.76# w4 J7 U& ^0 w: J5 y
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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. 3 w5 W6 b8 {) i- \* \3 K3 x- A ?5.39.217.76: x! S* I/ P: b$ K/ @2 f
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ! R" ^: z, }& A! I6 r% AAmazon, 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 A+ W% X) \; }, K" T5.39.217.76- ~7 O: O$ p/ ~2 u1 E
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. 9 w; t+ H: V% M* Q. htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; m' {& ^0 o" C6 u3 ZIt 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.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。, G- I Z% R, h7 `
2 S. S0 l0 d D" h, F公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' o* S, q9 M* J
4 y3 m( [9 ]$ t0 s! o7 Z " L5 v0 S# X, L% \! z1 D公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 2 W$ A9 K, @' L/ ?* x# ~) C, ] ( c$ {& o8 T, }1 Z6 I+ c9 ?2 dTVBNOW 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 Z( S# @4 X' R
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 2 D6 y% C3 l: H) g+ \5 s
% y% d1 e$ ?, q' W" @7 C |( V$ v+ `6 g1 x, R5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 7 F1 ~4 h+ h: n! aTVBNOW 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。 % Z7 [2 n K, [) B! W( |5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇8 }; x' _ H' N! j8 w2 }8 s Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76/ n) M* x, y2 [3 f- P1 L1 G) k Hamlet: 30,066 + O3 h& P, P3 U$ D, O) G$ `Apple iTunes: 19,972 ! ~( x7 m+ K4 O, [Macbeth: 18,110 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 A, e0 \# d9 A- X; Z Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 Y5 g/ q: P* } Apple iOS 5: 13,366 6 O7 ]) I' q5 R: [Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76' o( l- ~: B, F5 I: i& X+ G Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 % W& l; U# Z- _! l f Apple iCloud: 10,724 ; r4 j* E7 c* { a# y, L+ F5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ) }+ ?! K: W1 ? Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 9 b6 d: e0 ]: t2 M3 Q+ \0 X5 iTwitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇* E" p+ k# s3 i0 K! `9 a4 U
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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? ( j+ ~5 l0 f8 l* h: L5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 q* q' O; B; M/ {1 S! `
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ( |0 K2 K+ r/ L! d) p公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 L8 `, p6 T+ H
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇* i3 w" G1 I v( w# Q
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇 f) ~) H ]! V; K& {3 e
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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. 1 h6 p. ^5 W% F$ S公仔箱論壇1 V2 ?+ F0 r( O( ?: z* c8 {' s: z
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. 7 ]! P7 B! C8 @8 c% W ! f+ r2 y! c' r2 V: @3 `& |9 S
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