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 1 b& |) S F1 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。 + Z. s4 ^3 H7 U$ O7 nWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * p/ k. j, ~' `0 Q+ ]; n+ N5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes . ? k+ Q' C: k' B# q5.39.217.765.39.217.769 I" n) [6 o V w* C/ D# Y+ K& O
By Tom Gardner ; b: Q* c4 r ~1 j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。1 D; T: B: T) x/ {; k& V5 \' X
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.+ j, \& C0 _ r6 Y8 J
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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./ _7 O9 n/ E& P& S- x7 Y$ Y
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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。5 }0 \/ d9 J0 o
/ `" Z% b1 s: h5 Q 1 X8 W+ R, _9 J- C" g- {Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet . C& a2 J5 w2 b- E$ Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 i- u- f; K/ H' uLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇+ m: L7 R: ^5 J+ O' O, M: [# z. Y% _9 k3 h
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 4 X$ a9 W/ C6 g3 p8 ^9 @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。公仔箱論壇6 ?$ I4 w4 e" \( o$ K% [8 y
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. ; g, x3 T, h4 D- S, V公仔箱論壇 H) @& \4 @* a. J: L5 l" m/ _
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ( m' @& G Q. u8 o; y& s: [, D# C5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. # }* N1 u/ B. A4 b ?5 }7 H! ?4 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % O& |6 E# K' T8 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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. * i" d( H0 w$ i: u H: | . c7 B. h% Z9 c: b: n# o9 I$ k5.39.217.76It 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. 0 t% ?0 K g4 y4 K! p/ h& B 3 ]' x" L2 `5 u1 IHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. " p: a$ w% z4 |1 D$ g' 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。 : z. c T& t# Z6 @; H% D, ]# W, mTVBNOW 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 Z% M1 e$ W! ]( B1 g
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 ~& v! l3 o8 a
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76% S& _* R( ]: C# g" V
/ S/ g+ Z5 C' X ; I5 i& O8 y; _/ F5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words , u6 V; t* r2 L% W& h- Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: D9 J; ?) k1 ^/ l% D @0 W A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 7 D; |5 ~! _/ P! c- h; T9 J* e公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.761 g4 f& [% v1 P Hamlet: 30,066 ; T3 e3 A6 {. s3 S uApple iTunes: 19,972 " _2 j) r6 E H5 q公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 3 Z: s0 G, m" B公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 7 {: A5 \1 p) A: u4 D H3 i公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb z. r, l4 }. _+ n0 x0 x' z Facebook: 11,195 4 ^: m7 K8 P, Q: T2 ?5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 4 y3 m) q; ]( D8 w+ {Apple iCloud: 10,724 : r2 h+ R: R0 K! B& M4 y) W公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ w, s; \* b$ `) t Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 g b2 `0 M: V0 G. r公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 * h) v5 J& H5 B/ a2 B ' d2 N. }- u7 `3 ]+ u0 M9 H0 fApple’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?公仔箱論壇3 a+ u" Z( Z% Q6 W) l
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. , b A' P. e1 e, `* F$ _4 X0 M( n3 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , n: e1 X3 ?* [3 ~2 K/ N8 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。And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5 J' t) o" t" _+ R
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?: ~. d) K9 h+ W3 C, f
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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 U: u* ~% T9 a3 |9 cTVBNOW 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 A6 ^$ S! _) _& s
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. / E9 t0 f$ D8 I: 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。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。- p7 @2 o9 {2 \2 k
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