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公仔箱論壇- i/ v2 Z3 S3 d$ Y9 c
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 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 Y9 H6 |. J1 R
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes / I3 E0 i j6 j' Z& g, e* A 5 J ~* D, v1 J- n5.39.217.76By Tom Gardnertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- ^0 V% U' p6 o) M0 I6 f* s7 d
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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. 9 A* R. ]) L" 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。: t# [- z0 B8 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.5.39.217.768 T5 s, _3 u- @7 P9 k
: G: o" r- s" ~$ o) v, N" r5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.9 k9 u" l; }; P: B6 O# |4 W
6 i. q0 k* h! G r4 }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。 5 Z8 | k X e/ mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.766 h0 M8 M" y+ q' @8 }
. \0 |8 M u0 C+ Z, l( ?Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。& N/ y3 K+ H) ~+ o
0 T- N. w: m0 _+ y- {* Q6 J( }1 R& UThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.6 Q5 m6 `2 B9 t6 ^! _, Z1 i% F
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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. + K0 R* o1 u/ B) G5 LTVBNOW 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& D% |8 ^+ j7 w, X4 f& ~# m‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ) t3 v8 y' P2 y4 `7 \- 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。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( N ?4 |) m }4 V+ Z- D! [
4 X' v0 C$ C7 O5 b& P. jThe 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.% u" t. E. C6 ?9 f/ Y* t" D
. a3 B/ @8 ]+ U3 ~4 K- LIt 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.7 `- T4 y3 [& Z
' X% Q/ E8 z. m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.1 a8 ]2 a7 H4 _" p- s# s, x! `
. s+ |5 t6 y2 A( p公仔箱論壇 9 A$ j& d! r3 ^- u; L6 FFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina" b& n8 i4 n5 K- T3 G
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 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。+ l- u5 J, U0 j
) j1 T8 r- `/ n4 A! O/ W& z9 l 7 y! h( U0 R4 [% F7 s5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇2 a1 D/ v" {1 ^
公仔箱論壇; [, a5 ~$ }6 p5 ~1 ~! w/ @% V5 ` A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ) a; C" @" f0 x0 X: t5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 6 V( I; \4 S9 C3 r, j9 Z6 \Hamlet: 30,066 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。( u; E* X" \, m1 R/ X Apple iTunes: 19,972 & G$ }; H C* M$ H+ |9 ^* V8 o; DMacbeth: 18,110 ; M# u" y1 R9 t' Q) q4 f+ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 # z% ?8 N3 b/ `( u$ N4 A, O Apple iOS 5: 13,366 # \( s X* S! X/ B* g公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ P$ I( l/ } ^4 p3 f6 ^; c5 } Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" l0 N) [3 ^( ~2 L Apple iCloud: 10,724 , K# X% E$ y; H/ }& M0 N$ F5 C Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇! @: J& D5 K# h& s! g9 q Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 * q& ~, c- T* L6 y, ~, B* r# h" |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。Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 n- j4 D7 ~0 H2 D# x' i/ k
; |2 U( @; V+ V) `; rApple’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? F. z* v. m. j+ x( \6 F f2 ~2 O 3 }+ \6 s2 H2 t. p8 J M( U公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76 n1 d1 |0 t5 C9 b# a
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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. - G/ U0 D# @8 Z5 [Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?/ s+ c% D7 t3 D# S. X3 i1 F
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ p6 g) o9 U. A/ i3 `% Y& F
8 j* x: _; T9 m' j4 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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.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。) n3 G* ` O- M2 r, l/ X& S: Z; @
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