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 Macbeth6 m, f1 D% S5 [: Z. G
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 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。& n+ W4 k5 [% q# e' j
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇 U0 m9 t9 `& k$ y4 P+ c+ F2 | c
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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./ I$ ~, S: Y2 L$ h! |6 L- Y6 E$ y0 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 L6 J. u- O: k5 G1 t9 F
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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. ! j, V0 |* Y5 J2 @ }5.39.217.76 2 C+ s( C' a& V6 e* M/ ]: Q公仔箱論壇 7 R( ^: k, \& y: S7 zTough 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。" N' G9 g6 B# \4 X/ l
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 s! B1 U6 e, B7 K ! s# l9 O2 q4 k( y公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 t. T+ ~4 M) k+ e3 v* q3 N
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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. + t* m7 ?- ~) ]# Y5.39.217.76 & v4 c% z! F) @( A+ j0 _" }. `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 0 }' D7 v6 ^" o! P/ FAmazon, 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" i0 k+ v U% e5 } K; G" y
$ S9 G9 e2 f/ c& B( K# ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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. / ^7 X5 ?' }% [3 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# s# g$ I8 v8 ?6 s& `5 m
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./ ]- E0 c# Y3 |' \) g( ^
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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. % i0 d, Q4 g( Z- Z; m$ u# p; ]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 X/ f4 O 2 {, m! ?& `6 b1 c5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina # t* U6 C7 q: B8 X9 v5 B公仔箱論壇 * R8 ^5 `% d' y3 n9 @% Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 8 y9 o7 R5 }0 {( x" z! dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 6 K1 E6 Z& u' u( E
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 d9 U H- z6 K8 F
公仔箱論壇- M4 ` q# G. l7 T) X! b3 q A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 2 x4 j( z- R3 d3 D; X5 @Paypal: 36,275 4 O1 r, N/ h4 r' ^- E" [) D9 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 6 [! ~: ~/ R* H' }) \5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 9 f3 X$ n o) v6 g0 l( rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 6 J4 I8 B% w; h' F$ o$ x0 b Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 o* |# B! d2 |! i) t" ^; P% a Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ) |, @- B& b" K4 m. Q* X$ ]4 k/ u Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- L5 j# X" q- x! N; S, ~% J( R- \ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 s O! v/ Z, D3 P g: ] Apple iCloud: 10,724 C, }5 ^8 U7 U2 H, L$ F) |公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.762 H6 Y2 I# C5 K0 p4 O: M Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ' G- z' G+ x. {* U公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 ' P( L9 _- X' u& s' j$ K5 ]5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& O6 W x3 v6 e( b
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+ ~) A% E; `; K' _ E, J
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇8 k6 t8 [' ^: I, D/ ^5 C
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.76, {* e6 Z' [- I: s1 G
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?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 R: J6 Y) s% T6 C
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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. . B* P9 M0 X' C5 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。 4 d; ~3 S$ p3 G2 s- k Q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.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。! Z0 s- M% ?' H; z5 R- O2 _, b
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