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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" O9 `% v% o0 J5 } d& {( V& E
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 3 u2 Q% K+ q5 j4 wWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes , B' g6 b6 c' j$ N* f: tTVBNOW 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# E4 r' y& j8 y& Y, s
By Tom Gardner : O0 S& E- f8 O( V# K' b5.39.217.76 6 U6 N3 ~2 e9 Y$ m* |0 m1 T公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 _* E, Z! t7 S
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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. - y! [) ]/ o1 G/ c- b' f$ k * } Q8 Q5 [ 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。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. / _" Q. C4 I5 Q7 y. z) ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.765 \6 o' ?- F; w8 c6 q" K( t' c2 J 3 N7 }; V- \ h+ b: n3 CTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 7 W; A) Z$ g+ J% d6 f. I" p+ m w6 \- }5 N
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. L: r. I( j/ @$ R( 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。 + h' U* y+ W8 H* htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 6 P$ I2 G7 K& q. ^4 R( ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇+ Y) t* e/ [- P* d8 O) v/ }
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.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。: w6 I8 b U& S- O& D
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ p6 \5 c1 a+ |, wAmazon, 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 K4 x* W9 s! x8 }$ 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。' R- s& i! w5 }. Q/ _
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,bttvb. B/ a/ t+ j, A& ]( G( \" S( m+ c
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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.3 [8 A1 o) k* l% M$ x# B8 p
8 v9 b& V$ z3 @1 y4 ]0 T DTVBNOW 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.公仔箱論壇4 K# S" [/ i2 `, U/ S" }
公仔箱論壇- m1 k+ `; L7 Z 6 w# _1 i' L5 _% p2 r公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina & e) X) i& s* O9 t' G公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ v, |! h2 @* i, _" N 0 V; q% v+ V$ s' n5 U5 y
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' y- s% u* `; b; M7 K+ 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。. h3 O8 `0 r/ K$ M8 Z& A+ [/ B( w 公仔箱論壇# K, a, B4 I4 b; b- G; n
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words - A: m7 A* C9 V3 U8 Z( B+ O8 F公仔箱論壇5 ]2 W# l, v' O. K; S w, p+ d A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇; D0 l( i9 ?% |9 ~4 x3 n Paypal: 36,275 7 r- d/ D( Z1 ]5.39.217.76Hamlet: 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。3 R+ W" P+ W" ?8 E" V Apple iTunes: 19,972 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。& A5 m8 d: X: k0 O: s" F Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇/ Q% O$ h. u% r2 I) e s Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇4 ^: O1 h; [9 U3 V& k Apple iOS 5: 13,366 8 p! N; u! i& c1 _1 Q7 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 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 `; k, R* D( b& o Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 2 T+ @3 V. c$ [3 |5 J Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.764 n+ }) S. k8 r7 | Amazon Kindle: 7,115 k# s3 [+ t+ A5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , m# U: c( }) z/ `! T3 M+ p, ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 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。( z2 _; s5 p- h- o2 g3 ]
% c7 |, b: `# X: H) _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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,bttvb* |; F' U0 F$ I2 w$ x4 F
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. & ]7 b& ^ l& v) f# \ 3 G$ s$ \: K+ U$ o/ U9 F. e5 |/ ~+ o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. , J0 _ @- D6 n( L公仔箱論壇Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇7 O/ Y* q' Y/ q$ r
7 K5 E) j7 l! H0 xtvb 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。" q4 |4 q$ h& A6 F
" s: `6 T% p1 E2 E, `, q. E+ c5.39.217.76While 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: a- G! E, \1 X- B5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇% [: ^( ~/ @* O f) W$ E
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