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: t4 I% i: {4 U6 r# t
" ?2 O9 s* Q+ bWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇7 ?) S4 }" Q- M. v `- u0 x
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes & |3 X9 R2 v; Z: P+ O S: _公仔箱論壇 - x* A; [& |( P {公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner 1 o8 R) g1 h! }9 [7 r. I公仔箱論壇" Y! X7 N* V9 A# _2 f4 t
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. - t/ W; K3 U9 M, z5.39.217.76 + p- N9 E c( Q: E/ QWhich? 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.5.39.217.764 Y0 H+ u& W& X+ {* G
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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.2 {6 y) Y u. B! _* [
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet - P# [5 C2 c5 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ r2 ]( G! j% Z0 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 8 ~1 J3 f! D/ b7 s, J% w# \ $ c& Q% n# }8 c( i" R% N& Q4 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. * J. j9 `* {2 \公仔箱論壇 0 M& U' _& w/ t+ k4 }7 ytvb 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. ( h/ F; `; w8 f# R* N2 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。 : n1 {* b1 y2 @ m4 ]7 Z7 \; x公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ Z; u1 y6 F* QAmazon, 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.5.39.217.76' ^7 R" Y. N& W
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 |; V5 s: \6 J. p' _ E
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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.公仔箱論壇9 b8 q% r8 V4 Q- W& J
8 g) H* s9 `1 ~2 I/ Y: i2 P- w7 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.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。% m! i- g, N$ d% r& ] J
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina( B0 i5 \' s/ E% Z, ~% ^; G
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* m( o4 O' T7 `8 \ 4 [$ _. y1 S# n6 B; d4 x7 s% e3 jTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ) K% h0 o. F1 V* Y* }- w- 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。 7 R+ Q# r$ v* Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ d# v8 X" u# ]' o7 t1 N! o
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 L$ Y4 A6 o5 c) l6 d- w7 u
$ p* G8 \" ~9 H7 k5 ~A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS % @. r/ O) O6 f8 f! Z: i: p A公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 ! h. `, a" w8 V; J5 Y' Q1 G公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 4 W: P# Q4 ~# }' r Apple iTunes: 19,972 4 i- x* v, H" |. z Macbeth: 18,110 + _) d1 F% K5 H1 U$ A Windows Live: 14,714 # T( b5 V- ]' f+ h: t# nApple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇! a$ i+ f: A( `, y( I p Facebook: 11,195 , c* n+ o' G# X" FGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 / `/ |- d: P) H9 j Apple iCloud: 10,724 3 X3 S# n) g: ^8 o% r. @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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 , w9 D& d3 y7 Z1 h) n3 e Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 $ H4 z( V% a0 I7 p6 m9 _# R @Twitter: 4,445 9 I1 D; `/ s' @" H2 K; 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。 ' }6 i$ S9 M1 {5.39.217.76Apple’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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 d8 ^. U1 L% e3 \/ D( w/ @
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. : [4 Z% L" z% c0 k5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。4 G% _) ~1 [2 j7 S1 f; H
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. % j) q' F; U5 d% g3 s& n5 MOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?; F- y' _) ~6 h3 Y! a. I
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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. 9 r2 d1 L% m) f, j, i J5 W8 t 1 H& ?, Q8 x- b( w3 A! z% d: G9 p( m公仔箱論壇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. ( M# Z$ L0 D: N( u# K公仔箱論壇2 \0 Y) i! ^ ?9 b3 j" X3 \
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