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 2 G: C8 {9 O3 M2 x7 [公仔箱論壇 0 _% ]! r' W5 I- g3 u1 N* v5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 1 q; p8 T5 B, `2 h# q2 o' m. 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ) c. z1 \( S9 ^4 w& 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。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 X* l8 m) i6 R
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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.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。# M0 w4 p- L. O5 j& o' I- o9 E
1 }3 X1 w% Y4 p' l- J, J# 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* D3 Z' M" q. B/ d3 I- u y0 p
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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. " N$ p' @. ?8 k# G+ a* G" |* ~9 q公仔箱論壇 e# V8 ~& X* \ 公仔箱論壇2 L1 z3 p# d4 I2 F$ _9 I. P
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet l* |4 n0 S. A, {) `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ]# C$ ]$ {" G9 |; s, A" ^4 g
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ( q' ^" Z( s# Z' \3 u# l3 ^& |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。* K4 [$ d# \& v
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research., V9 n9 v. v6 H. [1 \7 j
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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. 8 ?# ?8 o; E7 f: qTVBNOW 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。 - ^: ^ O/ \* n$ y# k公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇5 X% N* h# P4 K" S
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. : N! {6 h \4 i( I: mTVBNOW 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。 ! Q- U; t0 n$ b5 `7 G( XThe 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& `/ e; c/ p7 l) M. e$ V- O
1 G8 J- t% G3 \tvb 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. $ K9 u- ?& T, g7 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。 8 ^0 e9 G$ @ S! Jtvb 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.5.39.217.767 x J! p# k7 G i% H
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.76, p" r: _$ n$ `3 _
0 f% J5 Q6 B; R+ B. R% O5 G+ f ; V. t6 A# I! {0 B( D% qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 9 P; b+ J& X. P
+ i+ Z& \+ f1 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。 ) x8 @' M& T9 j: ~" 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 4 F8 ^% z0 A/ x% } i/ A; Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 U6 z7 d* T0 x! z& i, u% z7 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ! d% `; {' N3 t0 ~) u7 kPaypal: 36,275 ; `7 H, }/ P) q- z% f4 j0 y7 k# L! 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。Hamlet: 30,066 . }3 N( J0 P' k& |Apple iTunes: 19,972 5 h) T, o" V: J# d2 K Macbeth: 18,110 0 {& b, d' p* F( S1 s7 o" e( _6 }公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇: X8 M# e/ d, l3 @, X/ f Apple iOS 5: 13,366 / D5 o* u9 z4 Y4 i# S0 ? W公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇& T7 P8 O# \+ X* T Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76$ i( `/ l/ W3 w. D. ^' |8 B3 w Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.760 l7 g( _ K1 B, a8 r& J5 @ R Amazon Kindle: 7,115 " y3 C2 ~7 g8 h Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 % M2 ?& N" U1 |% @% @ |1 _Twitter: 4,445 5 _ {& D* A7 A$ f
3 N5 Q3 G2 R b- @. b0 t. X: r! BApple’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? / g% x" ?# A8 @5.39.217.76* ^/ P' n. C' V! p7 k
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. $ E3 q# H! |! E* f. Z: e1 D2 M5.39.217.76 * O- t- R% ^. C% c6 {5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 4 M% A5 |5 s$ j* x6 M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4 m/ P, Q4 E+ P" c, ?
) ^6 i+ v; k/ y9 J" w% Gtvb 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.4 _/ i" [) R' r7 e8 v% G
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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.公仔箱論壇0 H/ S b% ?( z# |# q- W+ O3 }" T
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