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 Macbeth5.39.217.764 t% ]6 q7 C: X2 w! p# L
9 C2 z2 s+ y2 S! O/ K' I& s5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ) L# `$ E. A/ y0 OWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes1 m8 ~4 q% I/ s. e, 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.5.39.217.76; E( f4 L8 p( R* Z
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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. 0 `+ ?( n# M9 s4 j) U. K/ u5 M7 S 4 Z) \( m8 _: N2 R5 F# ?9 Y" Vtvb 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. $ Y7 E3 ^! U4 P4 _公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇$ h7 m$ |' g& ] * V. P: N' o2 C8 H) S
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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。& _2 G! I1 q9 _6 y! S# X
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 4 G! L4 p, u2 z" a/ u- ]' \$ n! w0 N- j/ @ Z4 v9 [/ v8 E% M
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ) Q& Y* `. K+ T( \2 m* P& k+ z/ f7 e$ m
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 c- H' q& l" i/ l% 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 @$ ~ e6 N4 ^
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’1 e3 L4 U) s0 r% A, o
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.公仔箱論壇9 B" M: E1 v+ |- @: @( w
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb f* y8 a% C# [9 q! q( C
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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.1 s2 X& W8 p$ @: t' D9 M
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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. 7 w1 n0 J2 l. p8 P7 u& h6 Z: T# G/ j$ p4 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。, R5 }) Z2 C: d4 p 5.39.217.768 n8 D* k/ z& Y' s& O2 g4 d
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ' o' ^$ @/ S0 X, Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 j8 c' e( b& J' J$ G: D公仔箱論壇: ]9 I" {) r+ {' f- T
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet . K; l, {) Z! j* q& F- j
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" h2 \ ~/ m& I" O2 A4 a9 K( l. y公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76) A$ h! {/ T) A% ~ Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇4 w( k( d+ I' }9 a! W7 r Hamlet: 30,066 / [' ?0 ^ |) x' @ Apple iTunes: 19,972 8 k# G* B8 I9 z% }3 ?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。Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76) s9 i5 H5 ?3 h# q& |8 l- n Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76: w/ @* T% J1 V. } Apple iOS 5: 13,366 # p. q9 v; s* B1 P) s% @& O公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇% R4 M9 o" V) s% K8 [1 h Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. B. \+ m+ }" b# i Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.76% ?' I3 u" _5 _; `+ T# B J: p/ Z: s Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇, G# A2 I2 Q ?+ P Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 1 D9 H, ?5 C, U/ l- P$ O- h公仔箱論壇Twitter: 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。+ X6 ]) L* P& V% g, ]
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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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ S* w7 M( ~. S( z5 @
1 x, r7 g. k; U+ 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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. # Q; B( S# _* ~- e2 V, ?公仔箱論壇; c$ E" D! X$ ?$ [, B/ O0 t! J
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.766 D* W+ ^) n% x4 e6 I3 Y; T" [1 w
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.764 q) v% w% L% |* O. Q5 t4 g' 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. + l1 {, c( {# L7 ]$ v+ H# e公仔箱論壇 9 N7 [' X) W6 T9 d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. 3 D' x% ]+ i0 X ?2 L) x; W9 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇 E$ a# K0 \2 p' W9 {& z& | L
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