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 + ^% b. R1 z" ^5 O" u% f' QTVBNOW 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。* Q3 j! t! Z1 C. i0 o0 P
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ( D" d$ l* r$ m% V. 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ [1 |3 l6 L: D* b% I8 B! L
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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. ; ^5 V8 i! Y7 d& w/ \' V5 |4 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。公仔箱論壇8 q7 J/ U8 n) g) w# b; Z; }/ m
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 M6 r; \" c, c: r$ u5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 |3 l) `: ~- ~" G$ K: a
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. 0 O. B$ B: e6 |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。* u7 j) o" a" O8 x8 z, X0 } * u& K' C* o0 @
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet . }/ N) }5 z7 |5 _) |& Q1 Q 3 f' ~% c, S4 R$ G0 mLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇. H) P4 c: O; @2 V5 {
% N, y% D! h# i! [ J+ L& B/ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) v1 T3 s% h! w
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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.* m- `4 u: t) M5 F/ e, w
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇* I2 a# h8 K+ J! \$ h
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. 3 N4 G' R( K! s: C, _! 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。. Z- [% \2 X" h" N* o4 X5 h
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.5.39.217.76. @! K, ~& P+ u; Z! T
( w+ }+ }! u7 |" h+ a4 k' V" P9 w7 |5.39.217.76It 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.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。' a" L( j- n9 }
- ^5 b* I+ b& \0 d! F J- h公仔箱論壇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. - I* y( |- q/ G' H8 z/ U% @6 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ q9 y& c+ ]+ G; O4 E 3 `; ?9 J/ u+ g$ [. ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat 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。+ w% m$ a' N& r& n# P; o" j. U
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) m) A# s) _1 z$ M) C ! F0 L1 i9 v) x4 f, P, z; aTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 8 n) T8 }0 [8 C+ w 0 _# T, t$ I7 L: H- a9 J4 v2 W$ X) r4 p7 |- ^
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words , ^" V- D+ I6 D* X8 T $ K, B1 ?# {! K1 ]* a8 `4 P2 D. htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ' Z6 E0 a: a$ K) V+ W4 X0 VPaypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇2 } y& V6 ? T' o5 B5 h) v Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb p3 L, }' g; ?) V Apple iTunes: 19,972 ' N9 l" D6 x. 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。Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 e$ R& t- w0 [8 B1 G6 D5 N. {9 M Windows Live: 14,714 9 n8 Y+ l0 t8 l2 ~: L5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 9 w; h" O4 P: ^# n, Q( [- j Facebook: 11,195 3 C" ? W) z. s- U4 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 b+ ?# A. O: ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 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。, X4 y) y! ?8 a8 V% {( J Amazon 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。9 G2 S+ p( `1 J2 J9 [: O; J Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 7 j' I9 l2 s3 q- {Twitter: 4,445 / c+ A4 e8 C% x \- d ' _- p" C7 U% K1 U) R; Y公仔箱論壇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? & q7 P ^, x9 U2 t; F3 p5 T3 I! V5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# Q! {. k* K* _0 X
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. : O. l8 Z+ }8 e) Q/ C/ R( Z( {1 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇: I; _8 K, w$ e9 T$ Y
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ) K) W6 q) `* u. _9 z, w( S' utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? , Z% d* m7 h$ x6 a9 f5 H/ O* ?% Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ B' e0 L4 u O$ b" S! t
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. ' \% l. K5 _4 Q7 f9 j! Y5.39.217.761 V: z# T0 S" e6 S
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.# B9 Z& D) v. c$ a% Z. @5 s5 V
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