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 & L( |3 J* T% x UTVBNOW 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# |% \$ ?, D& }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ; y4 q, @# _7 k/ H
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5 `5 w) _% b! ]/ V6 j' R) y$ m
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7 ? E% d' c# S5.39.217.76A 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.) Y0 o! C' k4 {! S
; M) P0 i4 F& V m. m5 |% k. a5.39.217.76Which? 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. 6 K# ~2 B2 Z1 U8 r# q9 I公仔箱論壇 * p$ a3 N8 \; h+ u& }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. x+ |2 e% ^& \6 p! y; l4 |) R; N b7 x4 M2 V3 h 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 I% \7 a4 `1 t! z& u' W
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet + U3 n5 a7 ]* e1 T5 [公仔箱論壇 8 ?2 f2 J- }" t# P; {. I6 U5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。: a7 J2 t4 L! n1 J# p; n, F
: h4 e& V E: i( N公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.76! y$ l( P" S! @6 G+ b
' a: b+ t W1 ?9 ~' Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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/ n6 ~/ T6 b, {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 G8 d' _; }6 ^/ }1 a0 k
‘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。2 V# o/ k3 u, } I% m
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. 9 E# w- w6 t6 A% R- u& U! sTVBNOW 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。8 l1 O8 s: v/ {1 i% j q/ h0 g
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. : d# q1 v# @2 ^* {; s2 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 O9 x& f. r. L, O( p6 y3 X$ x5 k, nIt 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. % U6 F/ k* Z6 W) B! K9 {" v0 x / a9 S. l$ d4 m) k$ pTVBNOW 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. 4 b2 V% K: y o4 Z' x i- Z; e$ k- 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。 * m8 d. s4 ?; E) E0 j( q公仔箱論壇5.39.217.769 T, P. f! \1 R9 F9 R6 l/ j; I7 O
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.76( a9 |& h* x3 k S" k5 U6 p3 _
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb w- T" z/ P* d; A% q
1 N$ T! J) w y+ R3 U* ^ $ H7 p( y9 ~ `Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ( R4 L5 D4 N+ Z/ Y6 i, q公仔箱論壇5 K. F* s" K$ }) w! G) d# D, Q- B A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 9 d0 L2 z6 z7 l2 e- NPaypal: 36,275 w9 J% T+ X. M) R _% x5.39.217.76Hamlet: 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。0 F [1 I2 n; V. Z& f3 I Apple iTunes: 19,972 ! j6 t. C" ~ ^. B4 s: B, { Macbeth: 18,110 g) w g d$ k公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 5 c! `+ z: H( Z7 b6 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。Apple iOS 5: 13,366 $ q8 Z; |1 T. N. V6 o Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇 D. U( z: q# U( x! W! C6 V5 V Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 0 o" S9 R' G$ {% P Apple iCloud: 10,724 7 W" x+ k# i K6 L E2 YAmazon Kindle: 7,115 , ~3 N# ]7 @" k! L2 O Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 A! M: M. q+ N7 R" _0 j, T0 a5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 # @9 s( K) z6 Q- ?# A X" S3 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。 ! M# J( h3 u M* _$ C j6 ~; l# zApple’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 O4 g8 ?$ O; ^# [5 y5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。 A$ Y2 }1 F" W, N z( T
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. & N, s/ d4 J0 L( \: P/ w; s+ F( D * ^, g5 ?7 K6 x% |& J/ m, m$ iAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. : |) h/ t; W3 w. }" Z2 b* AOthers 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。6 C% G( F" ~2 U/ F/ J* _4 P
" U( C% Q8 j6 W5 y2 t& h0 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.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。' l$ i! f2 Q, @$ _ x
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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.6 `% t3 L1 L5 T
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