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 7 `; C$ K0 F) 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。$ s& ]! h- A$ G3 }
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * a3 @3 O8 |. |, j5 B% P
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ' q# N: o% a9 Z9 A3 f1 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % n$ b; m2 f8 q& f" W5 I/ F! LBy Tom Gardner + D' Q& \( ?1 C* N1 [* F" Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% x/ g v# o$ H) k+ P- A. }
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. ! \8 V) @ D! o2 R1 eTVBNOW 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* Q; _+ b& P) k1 f v
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. ( g: |6 M( ?9 d+ E( w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。$ n: V1 Q X8 a
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.2 C+ e- z3 \! K9 F7 I* e, Z
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet * S. M1 p r' e- r $ g d7 _: `4 b, ~/ kTVBNOW 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 y+ b# F% A9 o( k& V# j6 k
5 D. M, V! l7 xThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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" C2 e8 a. m& M7 i' M; i9 H& N
0 E9 a( ^1 U, x3 z5.39.217.76A 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.8 C- f% p+ k; W" P4 j4 l" H' I* K) H
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& v0 z3 p2 m( |+ Z! @
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.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。9 w' I5 R$ `" M# p4 n
# s2 E) w, @, {2 E) T5.39.217.76The 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. 6 v' j! o3 h; y$ m4 [6 n 3 w9 c g6 w, 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。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.5.39.217.765 N9 Q' ?# u2 I
4 Z* L' V2 @. K9 R. o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. 2 }8 z$ T" p5 h" u0 E' ?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。; Z7 ]0 Z$ h9 g1 I& r. K; S tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# R: z: f% ~5 ]# Y( h4 j# `1 s; j
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 x0 g$ I7 \* @/ e" r( {: N
+ c3 ^/ t- q, t' a6 R* z* W2 i $ A" J3 @* L" t. ^' utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet \: L/ ?" p4 l5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 V7 j' M7 V& o! N tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: V( b3 ~8 [4 o: H+ T+ j
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 9 N1 J% r$ |* x# ~5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# x5 s1 u. f0 r A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CSTVBNOW 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% n" _9 l" p* X. d `! b9 b Paypal: 36,275 ( R' _) ?" r; W8 g% PHamlet: 30,066 1 i1 F! {" c7 d% b8 \2 oApple iTunes: 19,972 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。* Z6 ~9 E( U2 c. @: X Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 ]4 c5 L# |! t8 m' r Windows Live: 14,714 5 ^6 ]5 `6 l' j' W公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 . A' \! g1 m( m2 o2 fFacebook: 11,195 - x7 \" M$ R1 w8 E# Z; E, WGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 6 }1 o! e4 j, [% |0 T+ Y5 l1 i Apple iCloud: 10,724 ( W3 t8 v4 Z9 I$ [; i5 J Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.766 b. H: O. f! o% z5 v Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , i3 V+ ^: U7 t4 q9 _ Twitter: 4,445 1 s/ W0 R5 p2 U( @! ?% `2 S
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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 v3 O/ _/ x: W) p- e+ Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 I7 o. d+ g% p6 Z) K5 j9 |
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. K- j+ a: `" S# Z5 m: N& C2 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。% t2 |) s% i" P( h* M: I
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 0 l( N+ Y7 b6 C$ A1 u0 mOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇$ P! o5 Y f0 z& |% ]& D
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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. 3 [% x8 i. ` u) ]: L公仔箱論壇 , b) @: [6 s% y& T, xTVBNOW 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.公仔箱論壇4 k% u. } B* P. M/ }
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