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 ; T0 ^9 m; i" p; D( F公仔箱論壇, l J& | P' U5 ~/ O# Z; D, @: W
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 9 l0 ` J. \/ e. w$ K
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changesTVBNOW 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。/ ^* j8 g5 C/ N) @
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* h* A2 F, N- o5 u5 J6 U: h0 S
' u i6 n1 Q" p5.39.217.76Which? 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.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 R3 e) x1 K# k, m
0 l; h1 q1 ~5 e9 a4 h4 J+ ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. 6 [/ g/ G- \5 y& n* {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / y# I; t; A. C9 {3 Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( n5 B, _0 E: ?Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet h. i: W& I8 r% m
- h: s; M. S5 L# C, H公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇' H+ ?. J9 x2 d* s- u5 Z! z% w
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 3 Q5 X) B5 H! N公仔箱論壇 / X* j$ R# B* ?tvb 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.公仔箱論壇 d, s7 V+ C8 ~8 ~
; G4 e& d; k0 m. h! 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。‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ! i! |5 a+ L8 l5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. ! ?" c5 \" k% N- E( [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 f0 C7 m7 W( a2 T) t
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. P2 i& `1 n7 z) q3 }& l
( n5 _, n$ Y* }& A$ b! L7 `6 D7 x3 ]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. % R; G* d. ?; F8 b2 N6 b 7 k) g' I, W& \! Q3 p5 ]2 Z, W NTVBNOW 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。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. ! ~1 b2 y2 _& @: v! C8 X 9 [3 w) U8 @2 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76$ u8 i$ \& D' l
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" G$ C. |& U( i7 ]$ q$ r; _
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet - |2 Z+ |% k. z8 E9 j9 ]. o$ T2 p9 Q . w- b: A( f oWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words K# w+ _* H9 U9 x" ~ 1 @3 q+ K9 G: i# F7 g& _4 ~A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS + [8 D3 O8 j: \" `6 | J/ JPaypal: 36,275 * l# G" Y# A. r3 b: e7 D5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 ! k5 h) h% h1 ]+ S' VApple iTunes: 19,972 % G2 a `" y/ a8 PTVBNOW 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 5.39.217.766 @# _' y0 v/ d Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇( v5 g( b9 v8 Q4 q7 Q S9 b Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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$ i4 Z/ o- `) T* V/ q1 c1 Z: V Facebook: 11,195 ( M; q4 E/ b, O9 V5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 9 J r: Y$ V, O8 Otvb 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。( o9 h [8 ^3 V. Y# N/ s% l Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ! n* x7 v% Y: e3 z8 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇 b) Z' r1 d$ B8 e5 Z7 I Twitter: 4,445 , L0 m$ I' H" _3 R8 B I, Y
! H7 U0 {6 {9 G6 ~1 TApple’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? - V, ~8 g5 Q& N& i) g+ \, T公仔箱論壇 0 F4 s) @6 m* V$ f3 D5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 7 ^7 I0 z4 T2 w) K- B/ k `公仔箱論壇 7 _ s0 x b5 y B: Q2 j8 ~5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.3 Z3 c9 X8 c' H/ C$ s
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。# f7 n9 b. v$ D# ^8 h
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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. 0 T6 X% ]9 M0 t2 }% [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, G- B: p6 u* \5 r8 @7 H9 r
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.% x& }+ h x& Z2 \/ m
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