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,bttvb3 I. T" C8 G# W2 p. z
9 _) l4 O- N. G& }* s1 j X |4 PWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long $ s f" C- D' `" p$ U2 B
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 5 ?% M+ L; |; G2 V5.39.217.76, M. W/ _/ i+ ?" y9 Z
By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇# a, v2 a6 {6 K2 u8 h7 Q) g
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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.# W* b4 W* @. c
5 l% _3 N L4 G2 Q公仔箱論壇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.. Z4 K5 j& U$ R5 z% L0 x
& s3 T/ b2 W* p% q9 T5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. 2 j0 U6 m% p. F5 M0 ^% | : A' ]5 u7 T! eTVBNOW 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。 1 d6 K1 y% j& s( a) k/ tTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 3 `% I% ~4 x7 o- u: E9 M; T' ~! D* GTVBNOW 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' e5 w3 M, p& _公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than 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。* v- n, A' q5 \. ~, E
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.3 j9 _8 ^# B2 T) g4 O$ X
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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 t; u% ]3 U& P公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇/ N' q- x! U b7 m, y
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ Y7 y3 \, ^( o5 L0 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. 5 i) X. U6 b; Y' ^( M公仔箱論壇 H# m' U, ?# Z' C
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.; p4 X K8 `+ p
5 @% v s) |# h, @ X- }+ C- nIt 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.公仔箱論壇; a* U9 z/ ^3 F. E
; h. K8 ^" l, `- a- E7 O5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.公仔箱論壇; j4 b2 }' J) S; I1 [6 G
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.761 Z1 N: b, ^$ V% U/ H2 w9 V# r) {
& ?0 z( z7 n7 D' |$ F! f公仔箱論壇 3 [3 J* [! Y. S: ]# x9 OTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 8 T& v# w" n& 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。 : s. f: x" M* n1 z! c8 K# c3 Stvb 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。 `$ C6 a, g) _
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordsTVBNOW 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。& [( e8 B& v$ B
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 V2 j' y2 V( D& k A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " |# D, @0 m6 m0 ]5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 : Z. `/ m. @) {( I$ V5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 , a& h2 T; N7 z* M% q7 nTVBNOW 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。Apple iTunes: 19,972 6 U7 L/ {* E; k. Y9 y. N; d. ~ Macbeth: 18,110 ! N( W' J H# DWindows Live: 14,714 , ]3 _ ]4 h ?# h- O- b+ b5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 6 r$ u) @7 w: z# u6 U6 Y7 R4 Y Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76# ^; `. _) u: v5 d Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。$ O2 b) G3 {; M$ k Apple iCloud: 10,724 * n( R. ^, H+ Q: v) I0 x Amazon Kindle: 7,115 . b" g' S K, K0 b7 }* E1 A& ~8 a Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇- l, x. G/ r! J6 |& R) l Twitter: 4,445 % o! C5 ]: ?; p% y/ X4 M1 ~ 2 U r2 ]' [: w! b( utvb 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? 1 b6 m( s$ a# w5 C. _公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76) |3 h0 P" @4 r( Q2 V
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 8 a5 }/ X6 |) f' s/ xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , t0 M: Q$ l6 \+ \And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. - j# Q' |' O: z9 p2 Q& t/ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? + _, U/ s" q1 S# a8 zTVBNOW 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。 + f1 m; [9 {. Y3 m4 j' jThis 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。0 D5 Q: |8 j# V1 K' v# v
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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.公仔箱論壇: ^$ P2 g2 I7 J9 b& \6 ]
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