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 1 C) g3 J( t1 t9 Z# P5 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + |$ _* N) D2 A- Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 4 [# L% K i4 c* Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes N+ D7 D0 V9 v. T! s
$ A: O9 X, t/ cBy Tom Gardner2 x. }) {! i- |) d! }) E
! c/ R& B. l4 I {4 a$ }# C& ?& HA 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.公仔箱論壇, R0 j- A5 T0 h
( R1 Q9 N N2 S! x5 }3 {# J. P" b: OWhich? 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. }7 q0 d; h g, |
9 a% Y, m4 b+ a5 l- |$ V8 K" itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.公仔箱論壇5 |' R8 @ l" \
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.76 Z) o: C& E) D* `6 |# j9 s
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. / x' J9 d, J; `9 L1 |3 i" s& G: Z m2 r/ kTVBNOW 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,bttvb8 f7 G( `* V5 o u5 e) B" Z
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 2 [/ \7 @1 w* ^; p T& ^) TTVBNOW 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 k( U+ A" G( Y T9 J ~) jA 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, Y* e: C: j G2 }
6 r1 W! y/ R) d' d3 G% y3 B' r5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ / G0 R2 @ _0 A, o2 \. J+ f5 bAmazon, 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. 5 l9 L( D7 M& O) s' S9 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。$ s6 Q+ N. h3 b7 s
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. ! z* r7 j0 E" R& Y! P- kTVBNOW 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 a1 x1 G, x2 Z6 R. KTVBNOW 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。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. 5 e2 t; d' U7 D5 _/ jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ _( s5 T( w4 |6 Y! j/ \
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 D% N# i+ d& S' v$ i% d% J公仔箱論壇 ( g- {" j4 m) {7 g8 o' Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.767 N9 g: R" G6 [( n- m' |
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina % ], v2 a' a( N4 P% k5.39.217.76 $ E1 _: U% V3 e ?公仔箱論壇 % g+ V& t( j' {* _Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 9 m- ~# K8 S9 z/ @7 X公仔箱論壇 , ]# J) j9 Z& E8 W, JTVBNOW 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。) M* s9 D+ Z4 t5 ^
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words X: P7 _2 Q5 a8 X8 C6 z
9 p- k5 x3 s4 F0 N7 q0 `$ x8 a$ O Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76) |0 s3 ?+ M# S! k* s4 H2 j3 H Paypal: 36,275 % s) L d* ^* Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 Q. E; H: O+ C% t) y! M Apple iTunes: 19,972 # e0 f. N( e5 o7 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇' T% ]. P2 R* Q5 Y3 t Windows Live: 14,714 ( D4 U. h$ T/ O' Z$ s3 H Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.768 c' [. ^5 H" _, K% A5 _ Facebook: 11,195 . J" M. R7 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。Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 7 d0 r9 Y* `- A0 c, r L Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.76# k' L% h" B! B( H( P. q$ b3 y Amazon Kindle: 7,115 $ x, d5 o6 h* C1 V4 T) \Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ; A+ e7 D2 m0 p& [ Twitter: 4,445 * j9 \ Q1 E5 G( H9 ?: sTVBNOW 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。& s4 M1 b, m* R$ I7 }7 y
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?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# Z4 @) O) e: V" x2 ~) `4 e
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.; N: E5 V) ^+ L/ j" M& m* B
9 v% I- e' V) ?- ~7 R" k! p4 A5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.+ A. p3 z3 s9 Y1 F# w+ ?. n
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。. u; _. @$ l' J
- K, P: j' c( X5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.5.39.217.760 w5 X6 j3 B* w6 e# J
3 E. U D3 v. [# {2 `" Y: I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. & d8 G& t* r5 i; K6 O Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ a2 @+ f2 U q$ V# n3 u
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