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 MacbethTVBNOW 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 k5 B4 N/ n8 O$ U% E+ o
" X# ^( I# S3 \$ G, [7 U4 `5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5.39.217.762 @8 ?, v1 E# ^- Y. q
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76% G& I. ^2 F% y8 h- R
v1 O/ q. y. Y: S" a; V5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇- f5 Q8 T7 \0 C, W- h: b, u7 i
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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.公仔箱論壇$ \: w" B5 {* w1 B7 j
7 m( g8 V, x$ ?/ @# o5.39.217.76Which? 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. " A: \8 T& j: _* S; H4 j - A. a8 f+ k3 S: C; l c5 `. 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ P8 @) E# s2 h+ L! H7 }
5 x! Y2 C/ |6 a* p( [ $ K1 k/ B" a9 n: o9 u9 l5 k( zTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇( {2 B2 L8 `" t+ r6 v
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. . q1 C$ G3 n# S, y( i5.39.217.76 . ~- h9 z2 {2 h" |7 O. 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ) j; E9 m: ^* Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , e) t+ s, d& z: J% s0 G# b5.39.217.76A 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. ( r0 t# x6 ?* n* K6 Z9 Y; p2 s 1 ^& K* _% v! ]& E3 U- D& m8 _5 Z‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’7 H( m3 }+ [) N9 `5 f. B
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., l7 A4 ]$ F- s
3 g! Y1 [9 h( k6 }5 ~! T. a公仔箱論壇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. $ b8 X1 ?, u1 x1 @# R8 x* w rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- J! [3 w& j' Y& |- d
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. ' G: _/ \* P* t: g) s2 c# xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76! q0 D# y" u* q, {* D4 h; |. U
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. 9 O4 n c, n6 FTVBNOW 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。3 ? O1 V9 c) F9 n. Z8 T* u $ C( _; w( [# m8 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) e. V' K( V B1 z+ u
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet + W+ l6 ^5 i/ Q* j
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 4 s; y+ w2 u3 ~( v * e* \9 S% J2 y0 A" ^5 q" q- S5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.762 z* h% z0 N8 L H, ]% j. N Paypal: 36,275 $ s7 ^3 E( H& t; [公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, q& V5 m0 G/ R* l5 K3 W Apple iTunes: 19,972 ( `1 }" n( E0 c* B, D& b- l/ L9 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。Macbeth: 18,110 6 G* S2 m/ d ~/ B9 T" o$ {Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇: R. J0 |2 a$ r5 r0 e: O Apple iOS 5: 13,366 . d6 R& C% P4 ^6 Y7 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 ( J' {& }, @! B; q3 P1 y+ P2 ~2 ? 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。9 i2 N& N3 g( c8 i6 W% N5 t Apple iCloud: 10,724 - o% [% V1 N" j1 d0 m7 Q( LAmazon Kindle: 7,115 7 z6 }. [' i9 V: _9 y公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.764 n4 R" t2 ]6 g/ d/ j7 _9 c6 [4 A Twitter: 4,445 ' Q8 e1 g' T8 U6 c1 X; b7 K5.39.217.76( U. I5 c8 f2 Y' s5 W& a8 U
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? - f' R0 q9 c6 I& ^% ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ]9 ]) I$ [& T6 u9 A. H! K& m! t) x! [
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.$ H5 k& W8 n" S; W4 V
( M R6 [3 j5 d+ X7 z" l- s# j公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.76& \8 c; u3 H/ k7 N+ L7 J! G3 `
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? : U* {- ~& h7 j/ ]8 B5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& n7 I" F3 g* E7 \, V1 j8 n
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.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。$ f9 L8 Y* Y! s! G4 y4 `; [+ w
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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. a: ?' I* |, _* s; U6 y0 D- C9 g2 _& A3 }+ I, w
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