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 % P7 s- @' K, i+ d2 Q$ Y! ] - J& q7 b& P+ k) M- p- L# H+ rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long + A; b: R- b4 k& v5 D5 AWatchdog 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。7 n8 \; q- y9 U
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By Tom Gardner 1 P' Y# C# Z6 c; w; @公仔箱論壇 $ d( V; s3 n5 _5 L$ ~2 |5.39.217.76A 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. 8 j; k& ^1 h7 L1 j) J" x ' Y/ w' N7 h) A$ F0 ~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.! o$ `; ^5 e$ W% U1 a- w
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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.$ [5 ]6 g: H W
, E6 A* a# ^6 ~$ P8 W . C. _8 U1 ], i+ @. `1 o. ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' E3 W" t' @' Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇, T0 {9 J" ^7 L. m
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5 ?) z9 {: ~% ^% f" F/ `7 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。 ' x( Z9 X" F# L! [/ h2 `# wThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.0 N8 a; r( s5 d
& {* _1 s9 I: n wA 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. 7 u) L" r a7 z# ]+ f8 s" G5.39.217.760 s5 b- m0 b/ n& s) h
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ( T# |' n3 g( Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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.5.39.217.76- D& s5 G8 D9 |9 ~* ]
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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. ; ~1 c: p" N3 H' Z% P4 Z s8 x5.39.217.76 # ~+ r1 r) a* L, B, m$ }' btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.公仔箱論壇$ O2 t4 m- U! Y, F. _0 _
; ~9 ?% b0 x/ |" B* I0 m7 j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. / ~& R# A5 {' s+ P公仔箱論壇' {6 }8 c! _4 d( F 5.39.217.76- n2 }4 i% b' l0 e. |& Q2 s
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇* S; q9 i% Q9 g0 p
公仔箱論壇4 o3 N* ]/ N' j* f 4 d! E7 m' Z* \. h# H/ n$ e公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 9 g: H1 M1 I6 j
* R" o3 D" m! Y" [# \3 ] ) s# a# a, Z7 Z3 m/ y* I/ j5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words9 K. q+ g+ r2 `: e7 X4 @
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( \2 m* T: u' s+ S! Q* t A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS . [' y( i' ~/ S; i+ M& Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76- z4 t" h# X! A/ ]; z Hamlet: 30,066 Q, I2 r$ m; ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 + y1 h, h8 D- \7 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 ; I( d" s# b- r Windows Live: 14,714 3 W$ X6 J Y' P; l$ L' A. y6 @ Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.76. I( y: ?4 O' z- r Facebook: 11,195 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。6 {: w! b! l- z Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5 k1 g" P# E% n- J) B公仔箱論壇Apple 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。! f$ J$ K" w0 j( O2 g( A% } Amazon Kindle: 7,115 6 Z' A: g; B" k7 U4 l3 e5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 : w7 Z1 Q6 c% v! P5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 ; v/ c& z- ]' C% c0 w+ V, q, ~# N# ^( [
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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?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- q4 u/ W5 R8 b8 G
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 6 B) K0 @8 X' o+ L0 x6 f! s公仔箱論壇 ) n7 w. z& E5 \1 w+ u. CAnd 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. d5 h1 O. D7 U! ^+ {: Q
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5 w- l; d( c1 T
0 _7 L# X4 m( r2 t# A, l3 ~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。1 b; M6 z. q" a/ y, f- ]/ P
" A0 p- j7 W0 I h# K3 P) r7 f1 p, w+ ~公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇 q1 w8 {8 z1 y f1 z9 p
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