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公仔箱論壇( t( A- N- z. l% s
2 P( q) T$ P0 M9 d! V7 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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ! W% h3 ?/ o! @" ^公仔箱論壇Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changesTVBNOW 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 p8 l! H0 X+ j, a, {9 |
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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. ; R( v: |( I% z, M1 n5.39.217.766 X& F, C7 d; A; e; ^- C
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.公仔箱論壇& m1 l- B) G! ^ Y: l) P8 y
7 u2 W8 u) }; I6 C; LIt 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# `+ s% |1 I+ O5 |
公仔箱論壇% V$ I n! w% R" d$ s 6 {% y8 F8 d5 x9 }% Y6 V; Q$ ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 2 T2 A, e& [$ b' N& p$ Y 7 T% ^% T7 V) Y% p5 E. ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading 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。+ d6 D9 Y8 h) d* g
5 Q5 W8 B& ]& P. `3 _9 VThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. , N. |9 l1 {- Y! ~' ~ # H$ L9 r( t8 v9 C _- I; T9 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。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. / V Z9 W- a# v" w8 z( K/ u* 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。( y# A' r3 a4 n
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’& l1 I3 S% h' C7 p* ~
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. * F& V- p W+ b6 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。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。# K% s$ C1 l, e! M3 H, y
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, g( Y1 `# b" J0 z$ x. q' T
* T; }0 w/ x: q1 Y/ qIt 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ l# w% U9 t$ M7 ^2 ~
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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.. T* g b r# u# Y, d$ G
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& Y; X/ s% t# F0 O6 J' L " L& w( O b( d) C' a/ 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 stamina : y" p' h& ?1 L2 h$ z: n公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇2 o* ~2 u. g/ H2 g 公仔箱論壇& S9 H) ] Y% e# ]9 ^- w8 R
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.764 d3 c* }5 L" T# }- g% ~+ Y
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 k& P1 | a ?4 V + Y C; d# p, e% z; {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordsTVBNOW 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 \0 z: d. T3 ]7 f
: b8 k4 A5 r" }, K公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CSTVBNOW 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 x( A. ?0 ^# l Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇" G7 W! x! E" d, a. O2 m" k) _ Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76/ e3 c7 j) R0 a+ S/ n Apple iTunes: 19,972 $ p. Z+ y( a/ L+ b4 k8 D8 b Macbeth: 18,110 9 O0 F4 M( l) ~) DWindows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇' A" c9 }( f! ? @- @ Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ; O6 A3 [, U" n: _' b9 f4 jFacebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& `& q( f" y* e7 Y0 f+ `1 z 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。1 C. o8 U' L3 x1 U Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! j8 F, ?4 t( E1 J0 }& n5 g Amazon Kindle: 7,115 2 |: C3 q8 `. J" K" D% }1 U; Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 0 b7 h; g% D0 G; a" Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 # Y/ Y6 z% f" e1 m# ~) B) X0 A5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇! {4 k! Y% i e$ T; Z! V) s
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?: @5 M; C& O3 H/ G9 L2 U3 }
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 3 U) T4 O% k$ h9 o# I: O公仔箱論壇% L& c! z2 k, V. y: f0 }0 f5 [$ a- g
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words., Q! p' U( |7 m$ j1 u6 i. b
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 Y0 b7 x6 Q* j+ I
9 B4 Q. o. |% m8 n2 t6 M# x& EThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. 2 q* m' o2 o2 r D' j. U: B1 p2 m/ u r/ o# y; g: }, j# ?' {
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. # ` V% G' t$ A1 e0 o) g& i- Q* u8 }5 q9 Y% z
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