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 - z4 K. ]$ q5 a! g& t1 B公仔箱論壇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。4 ~3 R/ t# l+ v; n7 Z6 d
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 6 |# N4 D, K0 w) R# w4 G- O# B! S
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- E% t" |" W8 h$ c2 [% S
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8 [7 E. W% V0 k& W4 ^3 D' d- s5.39.217.76A 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. ! h4 S1 [( S) W5.39.217.76 3 ~ a- {1 Y8 aWhich? 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。; ]: Z7 I V7 f2 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.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。4 B2 u ]4 V: s* N+ E
" p! B% a+ ~2 R6 G# X' L/ D3 n8 ^ 2 l4 y7 ^6 H4 P, g$ U- B) D6 WTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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- l* e' o5 s
* ^& g, e {% }* 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。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。" _' M9 C% a/ `/ G+ o- x
; a# v5 _+ R7 s" J7 {7 `7 `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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 1 X9 k2 x+ G8 G3 B* Y公仔箱論壇 ; O v: M- | T0 F$ B8 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.5.39.217.76) E# k) \6 z0 x7 H
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 7 r! b: W u# V$ k% J, OAmazon, 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.0 l; G( i/ c2 C
/ F4 p) r3 f/ G3 \: wTVBNOW 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.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。, e! { r+ j. l; p2 B6 h
4 N1 g0 N% K/ p' AIt 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. # V* f9 H" R' E# w+ L( Q: V) ~+ [; Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; H6 ~$ V$ h3 c4 y( F7 d
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.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 t' n! Z' b& i7 p4 a, O
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 2 E# n) i' F! L& F7 ?% t & d) ? m5 }& g; h7 h M9 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; }0 J' {2 d' E& ?1 j2 G+ Z
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet / f' v7 d$ Q5 x0 U0 [5 n/ }5.39.217.76 " L( F. `3 p+ G8 ^' U 3 {$ y* S7 n# x; _$ b4 f; VTVBNOW 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 5 I! N/ k( m# vTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76; M) s) y' \4 R% r4 T9 N4 L A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 6 ~7 S+ v6 H! o6 s( Z公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 h; J7 @+ g# X* z Hamlet: 30,066 0 X7 v# b5 j9 b公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 % C; Y/ I1 p6 y" J' F9 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇$ m3 Z" H* z0 U! G9 t8 K7 G Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.767 w, n I! W9 U" a Apple iOS 5: 13,366 , T: R% ?. n) C公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 9 p4 p8 r( E7 _) H7 Y0 m S+ A0 GGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ( G+ F% z8 V# d" P' z Apple iCloud: 10,724 ; X s1 \* r9 x# tAmazon Kindle: 7,115 ( g9 S/ u1 [$ b Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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。4 j% D( s5 l4 s8 n& z Twitter: 4,445 * m& L& A, ^4 P公仔箱論壇: `# _ ~6 r( ~1 X% C9 Q' k
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? 3 J. ^( B' @ ?9 ^' k( M$ V/ @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 `) p2 t5 B: w
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。. C5 W4 n. q% g) ^* p8 A* b# g2 W
6 A- R0 x4 Y& [. k! O& zAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.8 A! T: P( X+ ^8 m
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?, Y: D8 E7 a& d/ A9 S
: ]# S0 }* R) l* k* A8 g z" N公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 ^. Q5 Z( u1 H" \
* J* @/ q& V& T/ X: [: Ttvb 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.5.39.217.76/ r) ]4 |- [% ]1 U1 ]5 [; ~
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