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 : Y/ S" O9 x$ A2 W1 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! x2 Z+ c$ ^9 i) b5 d! h
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 7 F( y" {% Y) {2 W5 C. C+ _+ D: s
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ! Z/ i& K" G. d/ s公仔箱論壇 ; A2 k9 H, }; _5 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner 9 G' Q$ i5 N9 x% ]5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇2 v8 U6 m6 W- C5 ?" D6 V$ E# l
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./ i& i% I6 s* B* U
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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. , W- C0 o, q+ z2 b8 ~; n公仔箱論壇 0 i4 e; e; q9 R# o4 m q+ _( ^) Dtvb 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. 2 n4 M: `7 _5 d k: }# Y0 d4 |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。 . W8 x: E2 F/ f( O& }6 p7 bTVBNOW 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。公仔箱論壇' { b" U7 `# U# B
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet! T, R% q. S+ T7 E; f5 S3 h( g
3 ~7 _! d/ b# F+ ~Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ' Z0 }$ f: k, U6 f1 V1 v
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。/ [1 D; ~/ [3 n% Y7 Y# k
* M5 ?/ c h% E7 eA 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 d2 s* k& [* i! \# |/ 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。 , z0 C ?2 R* ]% Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’0 l: V4 c! Q0 F3 W1 u) l# g
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., g8 A9 o0 T9 \( o
8 _) k% G. @$ m6 W! R' xTVBNOW 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 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. 0 @) f, C) B2 _- b9 Z5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- d, ?+ c( g- n- b0 h
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." S0 k5 h* r% p2 P, z: }3 ]
9 F4 N, t& D- V8 Y. A) P2 h! V5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.5 P# V. ^/ E, e$ I2 j0 U6 R" |9 c5 j
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。8 x. ^3 [- S1 h, r7 U4 V, R
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 4 Y1 z/ ]; r) [/ ]公仔箱論壇 , B0 O d/ X; ?" V) t% atvb 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。 s& S V6 Q( b# {: ^
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 0 T {5 }" ]' n( K2 ~" b& B/ C g) b5.39.217.76 ! _/ @! w- v" DA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS + m0 e) y5 z& M( f- q# zPaypal: 36,275 ( s2 s4 `- k; H4 s, ? Hamlet: 30,066 3 w( M- a: d# y+ x0 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。Apple iTunes: 19,972 7 d% T+ V2 ]$ R& t Macbeth: 18,110 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。$ l7 R5 H; H) `3 d6 `+ B! | z Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇0 ?' ^ z1 ]8 S+ t/ C+ w6 t) W Apple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇8 u6 h( H$ ~8 M: ?0 p( y Facebook: 11,195 3 z8 q3 M6 r) P7 Q6 Y2 N2 EGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76* c/ h9 L7 T5 c ?4 }9 J+ e Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.76/ h8 k* p2 w6 u1 P7 Q* @7 i# I+ I; B Amazon Kindle: 7,115 " y4 ^" A( B4 X" ~/ k* N) C公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ! ^8 @4 R @! _; B6 T% }* Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" T0 C: s* z; P+ v1 ?% T, o; |8 Y
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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?公仔箱論壇7 h! p a- F( F
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) i+ l+ X( i6 V
/ M0 I8 k- q! T7 @) \5 v5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.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。& p" a! F0 k. ~! D
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇+ b, j9 d; E. D0 F8 K" e3 k
* p. ~! H: g0 u* [1 m9 rThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.* F6 _1 ]% C; ?5 b8 L& K
( S! l0 }" ~$ U4 j6 n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. 9 Y- |' Z/ ?- J6 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。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。7 C" p2 Z5 M( g
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