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 4 Y, y* N1 u9 @0 b1 @9 {0 W; `& ~* S( ^1 q
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 1 t! Q* K# j) S9 k1 C2 _3 P" ITVBNOW 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ c4 G, H1 X+ `* B; w
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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. 1 M3 q, C2 J9 I! T; k5.39.217.76 2 ]" ? U# L/ u" G- V# a H" q c+ C. [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% I! p- }. ^/ K! I7 O
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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. 7 Y9 S( V' y; o/ Q% p8 p( q . y% C5 {) ?0 t m1 b) Q! ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 6 z7 ~9 G. O, P4 e; _( U RTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ! }" V; [& ?/ W y. _1 Z5 n1 M4 b公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 8 o5 w9 k$ G0 n0 ~. V
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. , Y0 U: e& P' z. h5 mTVBNOW 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 Q& h- n( l6 l: |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. # c5 h! Q$ q" 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。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。3 @. `" l1 @5 N
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ " z8 s# A) ~$ \% A; G公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 r5 w' j. L# ^! E, {
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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. " E$ x" \+ L4 Q, Y( B7 [5.39.217.76 0 q9 m; n. Y: S5.39.217.76It 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. 0 R' S% N3 E- j$ o6 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇2 w$ ?5 E7 w% Z3 F3 b& x* f6 S+ e
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。4 d& \1 ^5 t% I6 e9 L4 q5 Q4 U7 G
: v2 T9 s2 O, o' {+ ETVBNOW 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。 # T6 \$ F+ z' c" k2 k, zTVBNOW 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。% p! `6 [9 _9 E" D" `% N8 N6 x
公仔箱論壇* ?2 O) A+ [% e8 q" I) u 5 I/ L: ?" Z& @, d% ~- O3 n5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76) `+ l( e# S$ Z2 Z5 F5 T- e& c
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words - X/ X) q, }( Q- x& x5.39.217.76' ^9 H: g1 ?/ S6 B5 t A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇$ r) O9 p) P7 {- n( R4 @ Paypal: 36,275 Q5 j' N! ^0 T! m9 q Hamlet: 30,066 . e$ s! Q5 T: ?/ i/ C Apple iTunes: 19,972 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 X: z; J$ u* K4 \- }5 m% v: L Macbeth: 18,110 * ]5 j% E2 t( `% T5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 ! Z9 v9 a) ^4 m! ^% o8 C- ?5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 8 u# Y( Y( d0 q) I' Z) jFacebook: 11,195 " [: h) n4 y4 q$ U7 q5 V( ?) n公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇' v- j% T4 A/ H7 r. u. ` Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! B* [/ k4 }5 g5 B5 v5 k公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 # l0 l$ C, E/ _& \0 }公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.765 Q3 `1 }9 H5 e/ ]0 v% e Twitter: 4,445 $ P5 R @. f" ?! @& kTVBNOW 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。) x6 e: @3 z6 P/ H1 E$ ?& E
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? & B! L. T/ B: ^8 k7 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + v- u% v9 d) g" ?* c0 F1 ]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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. * {& T( h; N3 \5 y1 J2 U / h( F- g( ^4 s4 W4 [7 [公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ; K5 S N1 r9 b, F& _0 t! s6 V2 }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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? * E# c, a) j k2 H 3 |% Y( E/ g. @- z, Z9 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.! S9 e- s8 g( Q0 u X& t
! w& W. Q' d7 M; D$ k- |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. ' s$ y! n- }5 `/ Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇( W. q9 ^. `+ F/ J8 j
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