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 % i2 v* i {/ x! `9 J+ i公仔箱論壇 8 M+ a0 o6 N- y3 H公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇, ~2 R* U6 n/ T' L0 j
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76: C( ^- [* u w f7 `
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By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76! G5 p! o, Z0 a5 n" i
4 G! K% D8 g' `1 F" F3 ^0 \公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76+ n9 x5 O' X7 f* P* ~
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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,bttvb; V& N. H9 [. R
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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.# A$ X! Q/ [& K& Z' i8 I
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet : H( r6 X J G, v+ y$ |1 Q H7 _+ o( t( ~, `& z
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- x1 ?7 }1 n5 F9 H8 H0 R
, U0 s6 ?; N: D) o3 w, J% {公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, r( {0 i K, X5 y) a' c; B
: t# s; v7 q4 PA 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. # j0 o( [1 i1 ^! N$ J5.39.217.76 # E$ K: X7 m% p; @( e6 E5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ~3 m# t7 U7 I& K; ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. - ?% N5 M* ~1 r& Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. D: Q+ }7 D- J9 H$ c9 i8 n% k: m
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 F( t- q4 O: y/ G* j
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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. ! B$ B' W# U4 _. J7 X2 N; E* `5.39.217.76" L& d5 ] L9 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. ( Y5 r. n) T* d# I' ]% {4 j$ j5 N" X0 ]* B3 U! n& ^" o 0 _; A. r8 ~! E6 R7 z$ f7 XFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina , p& Z$ n; d/ j4 K: |$ s |) Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 4 J4 ~+ X6 z2 s' e$ f; U公仔箱論壇0 d* ]1 z5 B7 G$ m6 ~/ r* n9 p
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76) g3 a: X2 b% a" \5 q# \
) O& L) T: X# e( ^, T# @6 B% \ * s! z4 Y) i. g H1 F- CTVBNOW 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 ; d$ m7 C5 c) [$ s) F' btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . B( d; n$ Y7 ^" x, 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。A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS6 \" {+ K: E6 q$ F, o6 K Paypal: 36,275 ! A7 d, B' S- t+ j+ J7 ^公仔箱論壇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。& \) Q$ q6 L) k8 a3 _ Apple iTunes: 19,972 9 P9 S9 s3 q, s( g 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。% [) N1 ?; @. X: k' D5 I) I4 O5 E9 f6 K Windows Live: 14,714 8 j" x4 i4 t b0 ~" d: X$ w! \ Apple iOS 5: 13,366 % R" E1 F4 S9 E$ |( QFacebook: 11,195 % J. @, b7 a( i6 U8 y, }7 ]% dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ) V; ~9 t8 F W9 BApple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.76/ V- N, n5 x' c# ? Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 n, ^- c* _: a4 y8 X Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 # d* a2 G g- [$ a0 v( E4 z( [Twitter: 4,445 0 x/ R9 j- O( T
. D, w1 u1 J" d4 p& HTVBNOW 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’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 ]5 D$ ]) h% E) _. T. uTVBNOW 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 M$ I6 E1 G+ X0 e
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 6 ~: a. X3 r% @& V4 _+ T k T( I/ S: o8 P. P
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 U: l/ m" A1 v" {5.39.217.76Others 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。* M# P( v" T7 O% G1 b$ d5 z, G5 w% y
1 }1 g. q: R6 x9 ]2 \8 z+ d+ D5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* W: j3 u. @. Y8 T" W* ?/ n" y$ [
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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.公仔箱論壇" L7 M6 G' A! @; ]) k% P
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