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 Macbeth5.39.217.76# y6 I, _ g. @. h
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * J' O1 c1 Q* C, ?" s& b' T _$ I
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇, _! V9 B, |+ g* A
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By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇9 l, m8 p5 X% w$ ~3 n; ?. \1 w' k
; n! ~* o' m& l1 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.% i& ?# X3 F" t k% [; k
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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.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 d& S% t8 Y! d, p. f6 A* [7 a
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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.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。2 h V- J! s& k1 O
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb e& Q5 L) n6 J" V
; v2 s; e, K# k9 S) N" h9 A2 r* \$ j/ \Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) c0 n2 V" V2 Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76; d# o6 O& M" r2 F1 z! F# X
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research., X) t' Q U0 _! G0 W7 }
: P2 m! k: n+ h' G' f M5.39.217.76A 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. . d- A. g: f5 N+ ~) b2 \2 u/ 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。 2 ]" Z& ~0 N0 o/ a公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5 \; _* I; n% n$ `# E1 h8 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,bttvb4 c+ V* q+ [* N5 q r7 s1 `
+ w6 }! Y/ S4 w7 |* g! aThe 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.公仔箱論壇& R3 H9 Q# ^( y: B. S
3 J! |4 c9 g- \: Q4 PIt 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。) q: F3 P; @9 I, w& o! G
~ m( u, K) _4 ~4 P( d K# h/ t* f$ `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 @! z3 [. s% N+ k. P! S+ K o w
6 w# B ~0 I& a2 Q- C9 n8 k 5 m3 [, r# d2 \' [4 l$ i5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ; f1 a+ e$ M' r9 } & A4 ? z" i; ^* H! jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / F9 @/ p6 \' U( W% L公仔箱論壇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。# O! e$ |; a5 l$ Q
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇) B5 Z6 b5 t, i4 B) G% d7 _/ 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。- e# b( f) q- x A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ' E( x: d; X: P, ^5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.762 S( B4 c" G3 p& Q/ f Hamlet: 30,066 # y/ y% l: l, \; Q Apple iTunes: 19,972 + Y" M- {' ^+ J. G4 y! T s3 D2 r7 x2 ^" gMacbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76) [, [& g; G; ]" ? \ Windows Live: 14,714 $ M# a) w1 Q3 W* U% y3 uApple iOS 5: 13,366 6 A) l2 f: b1 ^% g5 e5 v Facebook: 11,195 7 f, N4 u+ ^' Y+ y# d$ x, U7 F0 h7 a Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。+ f; I* p8 ], Q3 D Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇2 y. A0 h3 ?% P( F0 z* Z Amazon Kindle: 7,115 1 Q' @8 {' B) d9 P% n% L( \& 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。Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ! T$ ~' l7 ^- E9 v! CTwitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇! ^0 B* B# x, i- C; B# l
" x; [7 |6 d2 |6 Q; y* 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? 6 _$ d% |& W2 [+ b& Z. 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。0 H4 q; d4 s/ M6 r$ i
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ' Q- ^1 G# v/ e3 R9 P# \( ^$ ^( L+ a K9 m% k/ V, {5 z8 C* Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇1 F1 @' f( z/ m; ]3 ` \
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ' W& S5 d! y8 O6 ITVBNOW 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。! v9 W& m$ S; h. {& q
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+ I4 c2 u( l- f
# D( |+ X7 B( P W: z. G8 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。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.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。% N5 v4 H; N; g. M/ \
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