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 - x @( T! t. L: Q& c6 g5 T$ C8 hTVBNOW 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。2 P' u- N2 G! w" o
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇/ [' x/ n5 f( }0 T1 E/ E; p
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ' ?- i8 I" m8 X, LTVBNOW 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。 ! D1 y8 P) h: F& M7 o* Z6 j5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇6 {0 j) Y: c. A3 p
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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.0 @: v& ?+ }/ z# Y
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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.5.39.217.766 Y9 @* F* `: F9 x5 L
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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.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。8 B' d) j# ?% J: u
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 7 x- x9 ~2 J) s% T7 Y$ s N公仔箱論壇5.39.217.767 e5 C! C1 g7 v7 Y7 I
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ; G: a# Y @/ p5 ?7 |) 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。! q& g" n% i/ Z# a0 w8 l
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 0 v, A% E1 x/ o! R7 ?- p ! G; L( J- t2 p$ J3 y6 `' m5.39.217.76A 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.公仔箱論壇/ T6 q$ ^/ t* O/ `9 {! }! C
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ * t4 Z2 i1 L1 J- kAmazon, 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. ( h l% W& L5 Y/ J9 r* [ `# [5.39.217.76) V8 s/ d9 V8 \7 Q! @+ I
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. ! V: I" D% l, l/ z1 [2 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 Y; J7 O) R( Jtvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 Y3 N4 b. s4 J+ H
' S( c5 \- T% y. E$ rHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! }& y9 \. |7 T1 _7 G3 n
公仔箱論壇1 f0 t- P) X( g- _ ?4 I( k # e) h w5 l3 G/ A c0 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。/ Z4 T# k/ u, K+ k0 y
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Weighty 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。6 ~0 O" r& m5 L3 Z
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。( d7 j& C6 _% M* l6 _* v A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " R% r _: y8 n- ?) U" b) K8 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。Paypal: 36,275 9 l/ Q: t" ^. utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' N, d8 O* `( L5 Y9 E# b# | Apple iTunes: 19,972 ! s6 Y" D* V% e1 {Macbeth: 18,110 " Z( a; q5 J7 w- pWindows Live: 14,714 7 Q" H# q5 c T D5 Y Apple iOS 5: 13,366 + @- y. v7 o6 \Facebook: 11,195 0 x+ T9 S2 z0 e: X, Q% ?Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ) D# x+ m% ?3 j$ B( Q5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 ; i+ I/ j3 e$ N/ `; o. B/ RTVBNOW 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 3 G& Y2 R1 t8 R* `Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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。/ q8 j7 n0 \8 S9 o Twitter: 4,445 ' S. t" l" e$ x5 L5.39.217.76 $ R& d0 q4 |; J9 o6 f0 }( |2 z; OApple’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? 3 j, D" m" [, k) L$ h% X9 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。' ~$ `% P# h$ }! V& R, `+ M
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. - x6 k; ]1 T7 `' z, z/ K" p公仔箱論壇6 g* a& D6 k5 n; v) S5 B; A
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 4 c. ~3 K# o, {! R3 w. O' \Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? / i" Z# c3 Z& t! s; u9 m) e0 M) h7 f) c9 E
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。" ^9 m4 }, x3 |8 X. a0 _- A) z [
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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.) y% ~+ \1 n) Q# J' D" `
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