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 - I j0 M5 h* x+ u7 I3 Y* Y' W* I公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 D+ @- U/ q) q& U) k
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . S0 ~) A9 p) 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes * }/ |; j- B/ Z: i* z* N) p; C* y. b
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2 o' W$ G4 i2 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。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. ; ]2 d2 Q: X! G" YTVBNOW 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$ H3 m, F* y$ o' C0 k8 RWhich? 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./ c6 V' F% ~0 B( r4 |" i
% {/ \9 N3 W* g6 s) R9 i: h5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. ! E' {: [9 {2 O! O \% M. z9 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76: U- g9 T% q( z: w0 @0 Q; { tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" D" F: q N: t
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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。/ z9 `3 h! n, G1 J. [8 Y% n7 W) h
9 O! H% s E3 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. . f5 X! L% d) s' n0 A5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 R# W& t* F4 y; @: M1 l4 L
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇: y9 ~1 j: ]( j
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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. / Q( Q9 N* B, D/ D% i Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.769 J5 n9 b i1 ^+ v) F; M
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 1 Z0 H& Y' N' p |) w5.39.217.76Amazon, 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.2 B4 o5 P9 M& v1 G$ A' v# Y1 u' A
" n4 }& j ?/ w5 bThe 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.- w! B, @& M% ]( L: g k$ ?
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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.# G, c$ B: [9 s: A/ t6 y& y
4 h. j h0 |8 k ^5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! z& v' Y; `6 ^& Z
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina - E$ _7 R- y% H6 @4 {) etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 [4 t' ~6 r% L- {% ~公仔箱論壇 % f; l2 g- g! m$ ~0 lTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 1 N( b' V$ o) v: H8 H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。5 S! |' C6 j* h! |2 M- J: H" ~ k tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! M$ }: z0 L& }$ U! n) Q
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 3 |6 {5 @! {5 N" rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E7 A& P# B/ |7 _7 H A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.761 _) ]! L, ^( S5 }# t$ f Paypal: 36,275 # a F C* y7 m2 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。Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76( F, f! n: Q4 F- R1 j x% H$ Y Apple iTunes: 19,972 $ M7 `' O3 ]* i) p8 k1 p Macbeth: 18,110 0 I+ v9 T( Z! G4 g Windows Live: 14,714 % Z& N: ^4 N/ V8 C8 M" SApple iOS 5: 13,366 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。/ l0 W, H% p4 j9 Z" K( A Facebook: 11,195 - G8 Y" ~+ J$ u% t0 W7 RGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76! G E+ p+ e/ {" n! `, s& I Apple iCloud: 10,724 : ^, Y4 Q/ ~/ ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 7 I N' q j! M+ j# M, p1 @ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 % Z8 c* m) E9 X; R' n6 T5 W& \) xTwitter: 4,445 1 d# H" R0 {% O! h
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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? " n: d- Y9 U7 P% E( ]4 d $ Q( z) ]% S! B4 g4 jTVBNOW 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。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。. M# i& q3 M% z
! ]# o+ B- a/ `) c) i5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. % j6 c' M) o5 d# B5 Z! B9 g( [- l% 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, 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。; p, c1 w) j5 J# L6 i
$ M4 n3 k8 u+ d) A* G6 x. i5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. # b+ z _* g; wTVBNOW 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。* r; B; @( \4 l$ u! P
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。" g( ~4 n) B% e( ]1 ?: z/ E/ p: g
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