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' h$ \7 b( i0 D! ?" T
# F+ j: M) B+ E+ D$ zWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 2 i% n& z" r9 I$ B1 t* P) V公仔箱論壇Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇 B' [ c2 G! {2 v! {. X% M% Y
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( V& [ W/ m* X8 k% l5.39.217.76A 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., k3 J8 W7 @ q% P
! o4 r( k6 N0 R5 t6 W$ pWhich? 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. * w' B/ W8 u6 s* z6 A4 J公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇+ L6 K" Y, f# t
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 a# a8 n: D X
+ e. J4 A! ~% o/ G2 A% \4 C 7 s0 Q$ E3 u s% o9 b' O. x' k) @/ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 0 [; C3 T% z# I4 R/ I ; E5 ^5 E. s/ W' g$ }: z) |5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. % ^4 I+ i- t1 l! R: f' D5.39.217.76& X5 {3 O L: V9 }
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.; o& ~- V3 }9 D/ w$ Q/ _
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' Z0 g$ j( J8 v4 n5 _$ T) m! T
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76# u0 Q4 A; p( V- H3 Q3 ^8 C! f
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,bttvb/ K5 r$ w* Z1 n0 W, @8 g
3 W; c+ v6 W7 a# b( ?: ^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。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.( g9 q) `) r7 h; z
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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.5.39.217.76; q" L* f4 {' b6 F4 Z
1 I) k! ~" z/ k) [; qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end., u7 r3 j/ w3 B( t
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 9 [( Q( m5 g; f/ ~公仔箱論壇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。, i( `- D E6 q5 G5 Q" I; Y; Q2 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。0 ^; x) r& t$ u9 n
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet + D1 y0 {3 k) [. T( N9 f Z( f0 _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。 7 G3 N. G8 w! O2 J1 T# 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 u! j0 Z( u6 _
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇; `( H1 u. n5 M+ V6 |
/ n( X! l9 J+ `' R3 C4 r& ]) Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS $ [: Y( @' D) @! h1 _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。Paypal: 36,275 7 u! b1 R" j4 G$ T; m+ u; a# NHamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇" n. g) v/ _" z' g+ \ Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- n- U9 }, W, l1 G. y/ d* D' U2 }) v Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76& E- r% H1 |4 B+ U Windows Live: 14,714 ! Y+ L4 r& V/ J; ^3 d. h' G Apple iOS 5: 13,366 6 c( B3 K8 U% |8 d: K6 l4 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 0 O+ a2 p1 r. J+ bGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 $ X' [: V% v5 o公仔箱論壇Apple iCloud: 10,724 : g7 c5 }4 h, P+ H) kAmazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇- [- C" _4 ~& L* `# a6 k z Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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。. k! r/ g- ` O X4 H- H8 N Twitter: 4,445 ! K9 Q# Z7 s7 O# S" Z6 ]
3 U* {- Y. F- Q* _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? * a7 D5 I/ R/ a. P* E/ E( w: OTVBNOW 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, ?$ y- r4 ^& c J$ y5 XFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.- T4 u7 c% V' A5 e
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.* v* w% @. |) w6 _7 H) t. ?
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 3 ~, ~ D0 n% j( j: V2 {3 D5 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。公仔箱論壇% D+ J* w1 z5 Z& R
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. . Q6 F% Z+ f: u3 [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。$ Y& |5 R; G; J, D" S6 \
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.! U9 C" x% W! C" f
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