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! c% E) U! P; Z. X
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 8 L) E; w& A7 k* eWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 3 G7 j* E& p, j$ L, H公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76" P& Y! v: e" A: {
By Tom Gardner 5 \3 ~' b! F1 g& }- p8 l6 K) T- \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb & l% W: m' F/ bTVBNOW 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。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. ; K5 K- w2 d5 |0 J$ _' U, f, ` \/ |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' P7 p, Y* k4 [* F( q, Y, EWhich? 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. 8 {4 S# Q6 w* Y3 Z7 T+ A- Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % p$ c8 {8 j0 KIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.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。3 h! N9 O( U& T9 J
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, u& l5 \5 \1 T$ T. d2 j 6 A9 `, d% A1 ^+ ~: f5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.76- w& u+ P+ Y$ `- Y2 ~9 s4 \7 v
# P$ U6 v( n% f* e% ~ s: iLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5.39.217.76! C: z. x5 j6 k7 r1 a8 C, r
# E Y" s7 e9 c* f5 ~The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.* E7 j4 D7 d0 F8 m$ s
1 d+ [! {# G l8 T/ gA 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.7 L' a `$ h. P" _' }7 e
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 8 N2 z5 b. A' c1 PAmazon, 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.* P; }( J1 W7 W0 S
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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.3 W/ {5 l# y/ Q# G8 r7 w* R# f
( U4 ?9 p% _$ K- ^; z& \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. - {' v' E. j$ _- z/ \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。 ; S/ ~5 f! }7 o# W, p) ]# hHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. 3 C& @6 G U4 [3 _1 e2 Y公仔箱論壇 ) @" u7 \1 q4 d) X4 L. n7 h公仔箱論壇# }3 ]: Y8 R- |/ J# g" a" q
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina& P3 I% s: M$ Y/ g* G7 @6 y- d
; B& ~6 M' X4 ~; C2 U9 U * u* [( \! W, i% v0 m9 A6 O8 e1 RTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet $ C# G! |* Y' a+ l. x$ V5 h公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76. S4 w& _4 y" {' j5 j5 \; N : @) `$ X- o8 K5 \' @
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇2 v4 T% w& M7 k5 L$ Q
. z" s: T0 K6 F' E公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ; m1 w# T# p" `9 S- G! aPaypal: 36,275 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。! Q/ { B. _( {% U5 b Hamlet: 30,066 : C9 Z) z- h B- R9 @9 B& AApple iTunes: 19,972 ! P; [" n9 r! y% iTVBNOW 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 + ]+ ^! q% x" Q \2 n5 x4 h+ ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇+ J( L; r* R5 W3 t! C Apple iOS 5: 13,366 8 R+ q$ ]) I0 M" A& dFacebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇3 [$ E. K9 l( p' p Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 3 a0 J6 H W" J; W# h6 k8 p2 }5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* j* [8 r* ]. ]( f" U& s ~& Z Amazon Kindle: 7,115 7 [9 X5 R+ w7 Z# n7 h3 b Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ' w1 ] q% C) Z% _ k7 j1 j' BTwitter: 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。8 [8 }1 p. [5 d& I9 U5 z
N o* n0 X9 _5.39.217.76Apple’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?( q. A/ j& Z6 L; _* @5 E9 ]
+ V! u- X7 T+ v4 |+ ]' C# L4 q5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ) d2 w3 K, S2 K8 P8 W& j0 B公仔箱論壇5.39.217.768 f: P6 t7 l: Q3 ^5 ~
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ) ?7 Q7 r% o# D, I5.39.217.76Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 0 p; A# P; D3 p+ T0 r. B公仔箱論壇 ) m. w* E7 X$ h. J4 b1 n5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.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: ]. v; N6 ~# }1 Y
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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.5.39.217.767 _! r2 C# w3 Q& x- R
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