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. ~2 h; f1 z- I( r
! e9 B9 G, t: x9 ^. lWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ' c8 e0 Q/ g% E* l$ Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 w# c6 e1 l/ y' [4 N8 {, O- y
7 b% s0 b* N: s7 T$ ]5 Q5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner , U" \ A6 [4 u( qTVBNOW 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。* R _7 d0 j) J3 t8 M' p6 c# R- N" V& D
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! M' }3 E1 q# y( Q9 w
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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.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。$ N E+ J, a8 |) W6 d
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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. % f$ i. v' @9 Wtvb 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。+ H' z6 i# b7 Z; s$ s $ o' U/ K: o7 o& B& {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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet4 B$ M2 T" f) B5 h
" O- s- O* W- O6 x6 F( y+ H7 ]% }公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 ?1 V$ C. ^) H! F5 @; z5.39.217.767 @7 X; g: P' ^( d0 }% h
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 4 R- F2 D7 }, N6 S( v' K- i5.39.217.76: I- }# E. L+ b9 t' I0 L3 ^+ C, H
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. / I# S4 _0 p. X" P& N5.39.217.76 1 S+ e- t; R; \. l A, q5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ - P# \) Z8 C$ W5 G4 G/ Z6 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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.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& X4 n$ k+ Y4 Q0 _* D4 z; N
3 H; z" k8 w4 D) X9 V3 q$ d& ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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- z8 g" l& n. E# s; \4 I9 H% N: h+ }
+ g( k9 Z0 [- T1 q" Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.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。! b% G+ A5 m% w' v. ^+ n) _
5 n9 W5 X3 H% k: W4 [/ T F- f: atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet 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 ^3 S( }: S% [( J
' S7 s# x- h, t0 H7 k& j 6 T$ q$ _: h& }( |" B1 hFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 R4 q$ P& V$ S( e4 a; h* J
) C. z: c+ _" S' h n* o % k5 y2 \) j1 ^& S8 ZTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇, _5 F; a3 b8 p; f) i5 x
) }$ \+ s4 P& R, ^4 h% ]$ q/ f6 l : ]9 d; O/ Q& m& @7 V! A, A. q$ KWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words / o! e$ s6 `2 j 4 W" Y# H2 a0 S4 v$ q8 zA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS + }7 ^8 _1 O. F1 Y! Z: GPaypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇 ^" h' `+ u7 g/ d! K Hamlet: 30,066 ; i) r m0 T/ ^9 b) i! l) x9 p5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. t% C" V" }. H+ V Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76& \: A! P6 @$ c7 v Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇7 L0 J c/ `; Q5 M/ F Apple iOS 5: 13,366 7 }/ c8 J; K) _; a6 J+ S公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 ( d# j# d. w, V4 Y( G3 A& w: c5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ?" X t- @5 h& L Apple iCloud: 10,724 . g. F9 d8 }* h( Y& g" z8 S0 qAmazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇( I- z; Q( l$ n: c7 f9 v$ h Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 # p: y7 ^6 G! g$ @, Z6 j公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 : j" ^$ R9 L, j$ o5 ]公仔箱論壇 % c! f2 s5 I0 itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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& I/ a, L: W! u |1 ^: m
$ W( v: b# @" B$ r, Y! {* u, uTVBNOW 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. 0 P% q2 W" h% I8 i6 o3 l" r公仔箱論壇0 W9 E$ F! c/ \! v" }6 ~
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. K7 S6 u# c u! f" A/ ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 5 N1 y4 B! X4 z/ R5 H0 o) N5 I 9 s8 H8 ?' Y* F1 a( E5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. N, s% |* T, Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + J& k( `7 c/ stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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. $ H; E1 E% @* O* H$ J% L" g pTVBNOW 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。 V! J' S" t, ?# f d* N: F A" \
