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 1 j$ f7 ]' J3 x7 x! F5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇. `, a. k B8 h" e
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long + m2 l( K$ M* F4 s& l9 M8 Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇7 h1 V) x6 E1 F. O) z O
" n; G2 J% e0 k+ A2 | o5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner 6 R D( [% K2 u公仔箱論壇 % ]( F! M4 { b5 V* E- T3 dA 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. - x- E! _. s4 n6 n5.39.217.765.39.217.76! z. `' m8 z# l$ p5 h
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。! M- F" B8 V* m6 a9 m8 l
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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. c6 o* J1 p& |1 B. ~公仔箱論壇; i5 b+ J+ }2 u% k% w! e 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。& M" V1 [9 ~5 \; n+ p
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' E5 m2 Y; n% m5 Z v2 D" g公仔箱論壇1 E- B6 ^9 S0 l9 p
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. % x# u+ b9 }* e% ?+ [
$ C) s/ q; S: L* A# o- 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 2 W: C% n+ T- N+ V0 p; g3 t5.39.217.76 ) T3 B' W% S' d- d9 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。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. 1 f, b) `$ [/ q' y2 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。 - s7 ]! n7 Y, ]$ y- z5 u6 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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。, |! z$ m5 }; H; M t% W2 r
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.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。9 W. ]9 k5 [' m& A% I
: u2 x8 ?. Y$ D+ EThe 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. % j0 k h. F, z& mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 r/ N2 {# Q# n0 I
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* v6 s; e4 B0 }: Q- q( w4 u
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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. & w. y& L8 \/ r. t9 p: c# g1 yTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.762 y: h0 i' y+ |& M1 a; F tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; G- V; f) K% A: y
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina , |2 T& ^$ f/ b# 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。6 y$ s5 ?) Y/ m- V4 B) r) F 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。: d) f, K3 p; t$ `
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 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。9 u" K8 a# D6 O! |* m2 f- ~; m% A
' D% ?8 Q$ g3 W6 ]& y% wA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " o l* b$ d9 {% f0 D+ wPaypal: 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。; ^- y* ~( F7 K8 q4 z Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇! b# d5 {; V1 r6 L0 o$ h. E Apple iTunes: 19,972 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。" C& s" E8 d. c3 q2 J. x Macbeth: 18,110 , N# T! i: F9 HTVBNOW 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。Windows Live: 14,714 3 D( z' S/ e- M! l Apple iOS 5: 13,366 3 c- I, \% C' stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇* ?& l" J1 t) [ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 $ \- ~2 N/ C1 p4 W: |2 z6 A/ s( CApple iCloud: 10,724 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 E5 p0 [- q$ b$ y. w Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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。" m+ Q2 B5 e4 k- M9 l) l Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 $ ^* p8 b+ K# _+ D# LTwitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; c5 p+ T9 V- ?( d
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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?5.39.217.76/ c3 a( q+ p) k& `- |
2 @4 F# c3 ~, rFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.764 A* @/ U: C) p+ n% j: J' G# j, k
0 G2 V2 J8 m2 H+ b# G1 _4 {9 pAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.2 V3 T/ ]$ [8 V
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? : E/ I- v: Y7 J$ c$ j' Z) s+ U+ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 r; V- i! w. |$ i* o/ j
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. 8 o+ F9 m: T6 w1 _7 V) q4 MTVBNOW 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,bttvb G+ U: b3 ?0 U% B
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 v* l, w# j& MTVBNOW 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,bttvb. _' K8 N7 _+ A. ^
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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。: d) f, K3 p; t$ `