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. c0 N7 d- p( q
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 3 p7 g+ o" q! t! J8 t; g0 u5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇: U5 r3 q3 x5 t7 U& n
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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.; I9 j' L2 E5 Y) V1 n8 o1 A Z
- g z$ [/ Q; F; U: f5.39.217.76Which? 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. / v: D8 z5 d2 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 }* K. d7 h4 v2 ~2 S9 x f0 E) s9 ^1 j
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. $ L/ p7 q( v. {/ v0 J/ \7 F6 {公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" o5 \, a" K, _! C; S. t 公仔箱論壇 M) K# ~2 X7 a! G
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet , B" A; Z! u8 ]1 l, R. U+ E! w& A2 w. I K+ f |4 j
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. Z' z" I; I+ ~4 ?9 }8 V7 @公仔箱論壇 1 V4 ~' o6 ~: n4 b& O; m5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 7 s8 E) l$ C* e8 C0 t; ATVBNOW 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. ?) x( ]0 I: @' s5 X
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.公仔箱論壇" a- ~/ @2 A% D- u
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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.5.39.217.76! \+ R) x2 }9 Y. Y, Y' s( f
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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. . }- Z# Q, f2 @1 ?7 K$ w * F7 f7 q$ z4 q( |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。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, _9 U% F/ O; O: y
2 A! C: l2 X' Itvb 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. 4 |+ L7 h0 b) y2 [4 ?2 ~. 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。8 Y5 P. v, T9 ]$ n- q0 B# ?# \ % C1 O: V! J. L" g1 E( M
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇& h/ w3 o% y5 [# D4 W& U! r1 n
0 E$ M$ R W) t2 Y 1 G' t# \7 d: {5 _+ |3 O5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet # v- s: P- [3 y/ c , ?; h1 E9 ]9 E3 Z + |" e+ f5 }/ ]% ^& H. J& |) a# @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words # |& p9 J3 x% t5.39.217.76 4 T3 n' c) F S! l公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76& s* ?6 y! q, u Paypal: 36,275 + Q! m! F) Z* I& z, A3 w Hamlet: 30,066 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: w# o+ v* K/ j0 A1 b1 w Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 [) \6 S) y# Z$ y公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 * B8 F, _4 d& y f$ ^( l' A" 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。Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76. K( c0 E7 S; h6 @* v Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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 R3 H$ z: k- q Facebook: 11,195 ( W' k U4 F0 s& C 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。Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 6 t4 o3 ~1 b- Q. d5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 % `7 G7 R" v& d5 |Amazon Kindle: 7,115 7 y# R7 Y( R2 W4 \# I/ d; ]Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 2 ?- i2 M# I9 |3 x4 u) ] Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" _4 i' {$ x) k- `, S" Z ^
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。. s7 m$ Y9 ~% G- ^& O; W
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? 8 ^9 j4 B# `( M2 u& ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 K( p$ X6 |5 l. g' W! k8 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) a% u# ]6 ]5 Q6 ?
, c# q `& j) z9 k5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 3 ?2 r* ^; @; f0 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.765 o' ~) a6 M3 m* K
( z( H6 H# U: N, W2 \+ d: k$ `5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. ' r, J7 I; p1 B+ U$ A+ g0 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。公仔箱論壇7 s2 ~& F1 r9 ~: P' G
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.5.39.217.763 u! s( L9 Q9 @% |. m
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