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 P9 C# K/ {5 z
- ~8 ?# ?* o1 [2 G3 v1 iWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇+ `7 ]: r- n* O' w# R U
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 8 ~1 x+ L& B2 F+ }- v* 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。 3 s! j; V( {2 vBy Tom Gardner& _. C8 W: T& U; N2 z5 `) O4 c' B
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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., T5 O: n9 M5 v5 t' F: h4 g6 u' }
3 I2 A% t* |4 t( sWhich? 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. 0 P5 O9 q5 D. D' L( t公仔箱論壇 V6 _- h4 V& z( ~, A9 _0 y% D
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. 7 a! U) M& V& q' \; R: x' O) ~6 y$ x6 D' ]& O. ` b6 k + b& H( d- n% w, D公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet A1 Q! d3 L; X8 h e ) a4 L u8 S4 j3 R& m' x4 V5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! X" S, Q! c M4 T! J6 [" [
& m7 z6 X3 B# X) u* X/ ^公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.& X9 Q [/ \9 x
9 O8 k8 a3 @- X6 K, f/ S u公仔箱論壇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,bttvb* x3 `- y% X3 h& a) o3 H
2 q% b0 B0 k, @$ X4 P2 R‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ S' X/ g- P0 l4 ^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.5.39.217.76# q. \* ?4 S: e5 c6 O; j
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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. $ d/ T' M b s G1 b公仔箱論壇# ^: y8 d5 a0 D
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.( s; n* S* n6 m. q4 L
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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. 6 a2 Q- q5 m( {% U$ T" B* a! W; V公仔箱論壇3 o" n" a6 E T( l0 r! G5 ^ $ w" d1 W1 h& d+ w" C8 {( l9 {
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇, ~6 h; y- A i8 n1 G
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet . G, l$ [2 r9 ?$ W5.39.217.76 $ V1 v. X+ @" V4 _0 {6 ?% Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: f% b$ n7 R. t0 q- i- A) M
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words$ s; J2 Y" }3 B
! ~4 i% M0 ^/ n4 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 6 f4 a A4 W# Z. A5 Q& c' ^2 b( X5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 Q# m% z }, z( J4 C! v8 B+ y Hamlet: 30,066 7 o3 z9 ? ` I5 g% jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 2 o( j" e3 }" c( B$ v6 O z5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 4 R4 i1 u, Q" f6 N+ n3 {6 w7 B Windows Live: 14,714 7 `7 q. }* R# n* L公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 $ b. f* P7 v' E, Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 1 M4 H8 t3 H6 M# M( y- G* e( \ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ' }8 J4 q/ k* U7 t" @ Apple iCloud: 10,724 - M/ q/ h4 z4 m9 l公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇! r8 h0 h1 d1 p7 A& ]2 d Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇; r# h8 f) f* M1 z U: _ Twitter: 4,445 ' w; a6 @! {' c/ K$ P公仔箱論壇% B$ r. f- J( D! J$ N
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? + [" s* l& V t& o+ `' W) U! g . o( X6 ], N1 \, X* u6 d' 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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ( J4 n: [; O+ M8 f* {' ?# E公仔箱論壇 * z1 Q9 Q/ h9 C公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) C& y8 L8 x6 l1 w" n
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?; A0 w4 K. d, O) L# C7 u
# V* q9 ]3 a Q3 f7 IThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. % f0 f% |' i1 U3 r) n公仔箱論壇 " [, l8 ^) X1 n' l4 V3 ~& n$ J5.39.217.76While 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. ]9 Y) ~% r# H2 ^+ K0 htvb 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。. k# I M# I) b$ W" e3 D
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