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 Macbeth5.39.217.763 |1 V: D5 N ~3 m+ e- o
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long % I$ z+ _/ ^, v }( z2 O
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes : h4 N4 q- Y4 t, I- w2 Z公仔箱論壇 . c# D0 V" [: L; d5 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom GardnerTVBNOW 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 E! @4 U9 Y4 L
5 L6 G- l0 ]. I5 [1 K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. ; R0 w6 c7 _. w! O( w" 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。公仔箱論壇0 l4 ~- I: P9 t1 Z! i: D1 o& y
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.: s+ b# n4 p6 j7 t- p
$ V6 _. ?& _" d3 g; i ] 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。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. 6 g2 T" V8 ?! W, L3 V e公仔箱論壇 ! _0 ?; ?( x, I3 n/ a; d4 \$ j9 I5.39.217.76. J, O- n- |; }- C" Q4 Z8 L3 T
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ) W. z) C0 a% @, I2 @+ 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, j" j0 U# J. e. d: g8 ]6 w" Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇) W9 E1 b$ g4 R$ U+ `
, W- Y" ^6 {; Q: ~! U% C Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. - e$ ]( Z% ?# H9 S2 z# ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - l9 \3 C) n; f1 k( Ftvb 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. $ m9 {. Q6 y) N( B) 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。 " E% `7 [" v% Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ % x/ Z9 c# h" s- ?9 d6 x5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. $ Y2 u: w4 \4 g) G3 z7 h: o+ V3 V% r2 J. v7 t# G4 e) Z
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,bttvb: m% ^3 {& K |1 z7 n! K; B
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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. ! [+ U3 o: n+ V* B! A+ y9 v5.39.217.76 2 V" ?" J1 n/ n$ \$ R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.5.39.217.76+ o, }) _3 F2 D/ a0 Q
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina3 u0 Y- p0 u/ X3 N
- k' q9 N" ? T y5 x1 V: _ . Q/ P6 I/ @5 @, J5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 8 K* D& M ?& @' 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。 6 j9 o% i. G) l! j6 m, r* A# |& y5.39.217.760 t: F, ]- @0 ~6 G( s# c1 t! p
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words% T( f# v2 J# k9 z! e5 Y
公仔箱論壇+ R5 E* i- _ ^3 j% R/ k, H7 z/ n A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 _* n# p! I+ V( B( F4 t, x Paypal: 36,275 7 q) a+ S! i3 F S: L9 J$ Z' {+ i公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ' f5 J) k: p: n& i: D( K Apple iTunes: 19,972 6 N7 C& f! s' W" x( ~+ c4 w5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.768 l1 Z4 p8 i+ @& }, q$ T Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇/ J4 d+ E+ [+ }2 N; s Apple iOS 5: 13,366 G k6 B T: s Facebook: 11,195 $ c; o0 v/ n: C) a! a) u# dTVBNOW 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。Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 7 y% p' s' V3 F- H* J! w" z5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! ~# R: u& w' K& m, z1 m h Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. d: c; i8 g; p M7 t% L Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 Z* \* R/ }1 o Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.764 z1 Y7 ?! `/ N
$ I$ _3 J# N+ W% l: f- ~5 B5.39.217.76Apple’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? " [% g& f* s3 s- M/ R5.39.217.76: `2 ~1 B8 l B4 h
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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 M0 g: G9 c( [. k) D' U g
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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. : e4 e, U" O F2 S' w' 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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* l2 w. ]1 y2 a: T8 d5 j1 u, c3 t
7 Q' }( M2 Y8 U% STVBNOW 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。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.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。' o; W' V0 E. v" F8 L& h" p
) V. M! e: B1 @% ?! ?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. ( ^ O& T8 L5 [1 m8 Z2 B5.39.217.76' i5 j( y0 u1 o1 m! ]
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