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 + S0 H+ C4 ?+ M6 ]5.39.217.76 ' B* s \8 I4 K; kWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇5 }6 B( y+ K, j7 f
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes % \! N6 _' m. U7 ~' @$ o . C) g. f! h+ m7 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。By Tom Gardner5.39.217.764 d* ? E: N; m( {! p
4 \( t4 U9 O5 d5 h u0 p2 Z7 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.% o" C9 b% }3 R8 S1 U* W2 q
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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. 9 T; J- ?- v8 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。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。) j- d& o( t# _. X
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. 7 L: f, S* b( B( W4 i5.39.217.76 , B1 s0 I( ]7 c4 `9 m公仔箱論壇 , X' l4 s" e/ r; K+ c& KTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet . x* w7 p. W3 l r0 |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。2 Q# k% w( ^" `# v
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 0 v; F% k( q9 j* | - j- g, {( F; Z' O% ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.% i4 a4 o* c! [ I" V& T
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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. % E; X) H% R0 K7 H" v @公仔箱論壇 / ~4 l6 J: i4 `$ z8 H‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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。" h- [; c4 v2 ~+ I: q
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.3 N5 L x6 z1 k0 H( e" G8 D( r# P& Z
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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. 0 a$ y' ]& n$ J6 w) u9 p6 S5 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ~; E0 z; g0 F% @1 x& Q7 _" Wtvb 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. & g: Z) r; m, ]) i3 ]/ n公仔箱論壇 ) J: L/ ~, D) S. ]; o4 bHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.公仔箱論壇" ~. A2 d; ~5 }7 Y7 w1 N% f/ I
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 Q8 L6 J5 L u7 {+ v! K8 S! p7 z1 a $ V1 W3 D/ `0 ~3 Y( \5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 5 J3 P+ ~! X) |9 ?: Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Z/ n; h5 p6 S7 |' aTVBNOW 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。& v( M9 H, R0 O. g3 q
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet * t. D8 k/ o; ] o& P3 ]0 ^
/ I6 p O( f( }5.39.217.76 , h1 f" x0 W2 }( w# ]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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 2 l6 r7 W( ^8 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 e8 j% X F) f. V% x A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇* H/ N3 L) J3 P8 Y# u2 p! w( c Paypal: 36,275 8 F- i# O) W; h3 w: N6 @1 O) f5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 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。2 n% K" v9 d8 B0 Q9 I2 S" | Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 j2 l# O F: B# `公仔箱論壇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。1 u3 C" o9 c' ?# D) K2 w& ~ Windows Live: 14,714 ; \, u' q, k5 k3 w8 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。Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 z" B& ?/ l5 K& d+ { Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. [4 Q* u/ V0 m) {8 [ z" Q Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。; D Z( \& d! \) y Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇2 x: E' ^( o: K \* O& ? Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇% y7 D. B5 Q$ J! i( ^' n Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 1 B: ^% X( N3 k( r! O4 U公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& O' R* z% ~4 ?, k- y+ N# ^7 C
% Z6 {8 @7 \+ Z1 ?5 J3 L5.39.217.76Apple’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? ( _5 s N; e5 I/ T+ ~% { 5 ]# R% r: o; [5 uFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. " F" R2 v0 f* s! M! ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' W" _3 j* G6 @2 r
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 2 I% V5 H8 H9 J1 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? # c. C: M& L$ n$ f8 k5.39.217.76 ! D) ], a. A+ F, l H; ?! bThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. F2 J0 X2 t7 e7 y* k- s公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇9 T- b( B6 t! n6 g& }
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 w( s6 T' \5 Y& ]7 A9 i0 O
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