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 - S( J- O o4 u+ v% h2 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 n, g5 F/ X# @# c! D1 h. {9 z u
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ' @" I" g' F3 a u( 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 4 G; a1 q9 |0 {$ W1 }% r5.39.217.767 U' K. F; L7 O9 J; U* k
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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. $ x7 _; Q2 n8 n/ e$ n# P5.39.217.765.39.217.76; E1 }) W! d- o; z7 C* L; |) W
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. $ ~' ?. Z% x8 Q( W8 Q7 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。6 o% D6 G5 a) u; [' H" m5 |+ _
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. ' q! z8 `+ C, o: X , M. e" Y* a. P9 G6 n, [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。 6 R6 g) Z/ a h% b p7 a K% w" e1 G公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 4 O/ v. e0 x# n5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 A6 n7 P5 h% _8 ~: t: S
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 9 C" K& e$ P7 |: }3 K, x6 v8 u5.39.217.763 i. Q r# p7 D
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.4 M% d5 A; h2 j1 e. U6 q
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 `, m+ q: Y( {8 Y! c/ E4 _8 {
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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. 8 I9 O& o8 Z9 v$ V" {, b8 Z5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇1 G+ [* c9 x) V) x* P# D
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. ( v4 S6 K- B. q6 r; M公仔箱論壇 8 K' S1 V1 E: B+ ]' b# T/ h1 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。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.公仔箱論壇: x9 a4 M3 s. q" T8 o9 s
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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.8 w$ [% g, B0 _) n
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' c8 v& i8 o4 H4 ]2 _& d7 x! Z( V! i" E% _ " U" O' D6 i% s( @5 F+ i- y2 w2 d( g5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words # g& _( g: v: }( |5.39.217.76 ) G3 e5 V) K- j- e/ w公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS & ?% j' I+ H& U6 n g5 k5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 ' o2 L7 z$ K% G& _# h& P Hamlet: 30,066 % x* }# l7 ?* n Apple iTunes: 19,972 % U# s# }. ~1 @5 d0 X2 e% o( 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。Macbeth: 18,110 % \6 _! d9 d5 A8 F+ K6 G4 y5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 8 o) [- t# j, N& j" u4 X- M5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。7 P5 E+ ]/ q+ `) W. D Facebook: 11,195 5 A% W6 U# M) X. I) s- L* z' g4 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 # U, G. X/ t S" X$ S* N Apple iCloud: 10,724 6 F4 o4 P" w! M Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ' G% T( ]3 q) F( H/ fAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇& T2 m6 g7 }0 G( f* ~ Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.76) k$ w' {" U! Q7 Z {1 c, T- j* S
. `& u S8 Q$ h JApple’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? . B @! z A: y6 i# \tvb 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。3 X7 v/ @3 \* Y' e3 T
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.& w! r! k6 r+ a+ |% k' ^
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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. 6 R8 t6 q4 U( B! }& \Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 1 w0 o# y' M7 j* k公仔箱論壇5.39.217.768 A! r/ D; T0 E) ~/ g9 \' S, E
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.4 c3 H2 Q3 g# _; H( {2 ^
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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.& ?$ r0 ], p; S5 }, A+ ^
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