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 ! Z; b: s2 Q! o) mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - y6 R+ ^% j0 o1 v2 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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。, x8 ~# o" Q1 j" W1 m- N( M
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 9 i3 l7 E3 N# o+ r$ J5 e 5 a) s4 [6 o* \5 D2 SBy Tom Gardner . m7 L/ O4 M: Y# _$ l; d/ D& z m" }5.39.217.76 , u+ M+ F4 g) H5 QA 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. 4 w. f& f5 j8 e. A& k$ [6 N3 l( b. M! L: J6 Y/ b8 u
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. 9 L2 m9 z2 ]2 q8 X5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 ]( ^4 b& I# v
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. $ C; \7 t" L% O5.39.217.761 L; u. Y" h; T( ~; q6 A 公仔箱論壇' L$ L [* f- ?6 ]1 J) g
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet - y+ l' |( K6 h7 { U4 r5 \5 B公仔箱論壇, s5 O- t, r$ a' }$ f. M1 K1 g
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 4 A7 ?6 w* G8 o, d7 U3 Z" V, N2 TTVBNOW 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 L7 j; l) \: Y: V
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. , a0 @% r# f" @: q/ T$ A公仔箱論壇 + L0 ~. ~6 F" [8 y& L6 Ztvb 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.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 z! E D6 v7 ~( O) V$ q8 u; C
# l2 M) F; W6 v8 H2 P1 v! g5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ n0 O; h, w/ q' r) q4 QAmazon, 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.& N0 w$ d4 d# }+ ?
8 R! M0 a9 x: R5.39.217.76The 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. r3 n. S' R6 Z& U' M; Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . s/ ^/ H0 u2 ?4 V4 q9 [, O& j3 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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. 8 Q5 y9 @- T0 _6 \. G& ]5.39.217.761 H4 ]' m* f# r8 G7 c1 B
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.; g& O$ X2 E. _( |8 z
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 1 `& v( _, ~$ \3 W - \0 p D* m& d \% G7 L公仔箱論壇6 C. p* |/ N$ s( |4 J1 q7 I
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' _( v! G1 |5 r1 p8 S, Z6 T5.39.217.76# u# l. V. `0 n& G5 W; R2 u* N / H4 \, F! ]. V* d; x; utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words / M9 x0 X S% x G4 a1 G, O: Q: I/ a: G" ]! H A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76" A6 K- k, ]4 J! y' S Paypal: 36,275 ( j, p% f2 i* x; I7 h公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; z6 @1 T" g" N) Y$ ] Apple iTunes: 19,972 6 e" r: W' X+ DMacbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76, D0 R% m3 [( i8 O8 H/ q0 L Windows Live: 14,714 , t# t4 N- f3 ?4 ?) d# x% K Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5 M: z4 _ k5 r4 `# }Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# Z4 Y7 J0 U$ }8 n, k7 Q Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! h, ~, k+ A0 B# W7 |# {+ U Apple iCloud: 10,724 1 a% p( n* p$ J0 P: WAmazon Kindle: 7,115 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。& w( `0 I6 U1 N: J M Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ) q l% C' ^8 c# r6 P8 Y5 ~Twitter: 4,445 % C5 [' l$ o) \9 v' Z M fTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.763 V$ p5 E: v' R; ?' ]
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?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 s9 h/ w; w: l/ d- S* Y1 n8 B
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ( ^4 ]9 `' t; k; lTVBNOW 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 K! v' S' W/ C2 \' q+ }
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. , L0 J- u4 ~. S5 a8 x! s4 p2 @) a5 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 c) y8 {$ C9 W8 U2 G% I8 Y7 ~
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。( ?- F& C8 ^3 Z
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. 0 q; G- `' Y! }" g6 m8 s5.39.217.76+ K- j; @ Z3 V
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. . l* ?7 W) _+ G: ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! ^4 H5 n, W3 Y8 L% k
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