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 9 m: q6 h6 e6 U5 Z( ]8 E- N- k+ [9 G% f) W
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 3 L5 |# _& T# d! r: vTVBNOW 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 changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# a" p4 r5 I i, _2 P! F
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By Tom Gardner 1 d. E# O& }$ R' N6 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : K. H. h6 w2 Q. `) vA 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. / @/ Z. @* C+ ]5 Q0 K/ `8 u ! K" n& K) [, _5 BTVBNOW 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。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." b1 N+ f/ g i2 X' Z
# d" n, D; K' R7 X5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. I# \% K# s+ t; `
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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。9 _# d8 e6 V S) R2 K- F0 [
7 \0 _( `8 ~' [& M5 U2 e公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. - `. f+ t0 z; _# \; E y6 Q/ s* L- v
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. * C8 `8 E8 x6 u8 M) a* U2 Z& ?6 _5 P9 ^2 [; h$ w/ X6 E
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. 5 J3 s/ x6 i, [1 k A5.39.217.76 & T; _; z3 s/ Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ & Y* E% v1 P, ?6 ^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. 8 S* g0 @- G# |. r公仔箱論壇 1 o. o4 \1 Q& s$ n2 c ]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.: t2 ~$ a5 |1 G( |7 W# I1 ?' l
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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. 5 H& x5 A& T2 N7 L1 P( y8 d1 R4 _9 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。 " D# V3 T) G' v4 o# h: 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 has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. 6 F S" ^' s& R0 o$ b5.39.217.76 q) q' W$ z) i2 u0 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb # P b1 f/ e! ^$ M/ x. tFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina * `" }# j4 o8 g5.39.217.76 2 G7 {! N1 q% s5 D5.39.217.768 q6 O- _0 N; y1 i7 s1 V! |
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet + Y2 x6 m. ?% b, G+ }$ u3 I, ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇- Z( b7 L4 o) ~: j @6 e + C' c4 T2 X, TWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ' F" p5 N4 j( ^4 T- rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % U; X% s, {* I# x+ L公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS8 p; M- o5 P0 s; K M4 g Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' `5 V- }" i6 F6 @8 x3 Z5 ~ Hamlet: 30,066 * }+ a0 o& D; x' rApple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 ]7 c- \6 `8 o0 {% {( w Macbeth: 18,110 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) }9 n: _, i) @2 \ Windows Live: 14,714 ; x3 d4 |* J5 o2 X9 BTVBNOW 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。Apple iOS 5: 13,366 2 k% f. {* D4 o$ | d9 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。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。) n1 \( `& K+ m: f8 d0 C Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% _3 Q0 c3 g8 M9 C; G: J Apple iCloud: 10,724 ( \# W- ^% Q' Q; y" {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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% B! o. f$ W2 H! a; c( T# Y" l4 \ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 W ]/ |, U ^4 Q! C* z- B Twitter: 4,445 , u9 I5 b: t9 @: u
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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? ; _1 V0 V. C8 @+ z# vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : p# @& _0 D+ A- y公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇3 p" q' ]; ?* g
8 @' A5 |. c7 D2 x9 E3 V5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. / }' z5 y1 `' {& F$ T# Y5.39.217.76Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? # C" J# n8 n" N' u6 B" L7 ` ; P/ |8 j b5 h0 YThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.5.39.217.76' w& t6 o N* K* M7 E' z/ c. k* D; V
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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. 4 s8 s' y6 e( w3 e$ h5.39.217.76 & Y" z4 r* J/ m' O" g) w: k& C
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