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3 g1 x4 y9 P9 ?+ G6 [- ] l( G4 `
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 2 t) O) y/ R( w' _: |# j, J公仔箱論壇Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% p3 O( z6 S2 z n' e- h' a
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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. ' D H4 s) Q' ]5.39.217.76 5 J, ~5 i1 `2 A- PWhich? 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. 3 ^0 \$ @3 ~7 d: N/ l. H" m$ s7 ` , c- \: u7 J) A3 Z+ `公仔箱論壇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. 6 B/ y! g4 W# Q) w. a% L$ m3 `5.39.217.76 $ E& C' x4 F( ~- |5.39.217.76+ Z* Z) H0 ~. h$ N4 D
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet % Y5 @; ]% @; 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。 ; _2 Q. q1 R6 C+ X5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ' _0 g( @! f' }/ x3 q; W( @+ B5.39.217.76 # J8 F' `( @$ a( \% yThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 9 R: U8 d# f' S公仔箱論壇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。$ d- q' a- w0 V# K; ~- m1 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。# @$ {3 ?& @+ o' k- p$ w
" V/ A [+ a) q# s/ k+ V f9 \7 c‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ h) Y! Q1 p) @+ L" x
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. 8 k6 P O; T! ^" b# [' Y3 g 6 ^1 } B9 `( Z& K' uThe 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.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 m" h: C5 X2 C% `3 \
2 y. ~6 o+ r. b7 w* a, ZIt 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.! ]" X6 C7 F% P8 d
4 _, h2 E# L; B; a, d- `: ^* VHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. ) \$ F# B4 }+ V) |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。 " n1 F. G$ z: ]2 H5 Z5.39.217.767 Y( L) g5 z6 g( E" D& ?, w
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ( F- b) a3 e* n; STVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76. ?, X8 W/ x3 z/ v- i& I + h1 g! j7 ~+ l3 k* y% i6 f
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet , p1 [3 W/ x* A9 q
公仔箱論壇- t0 W! W3 n( J; | 8 {0 n9 l6 Q1 d0 Z0 c+ A; y. W# ]Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76; X3 W! [; _ `. R
2 l. g4 |8 T7 E1 n+ BA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS - P, W9 ~5 t1 a" e1 L5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 : T* D$ j! B* `7 J! 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。Hamlet: 30,066 : |( R0 f+ d- \) T" nApple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇8 I# q, l6 }! h9 g, F9 c; f+ H Macbeth: 18,110 W& s0 y- H. q& H- l! Q; m. Z" y公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 : P4 F/ H6 ?4 ?& |7 t5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 1 M* z, ~# C/ L$ d Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76* W4 e/ L. q& D2 D8 r Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 f+ |& i" X) I/ |4 [5 L Apple iCloud: 10,724 / F, P, _0 j4 ~ Amazon Kindle: 7,115 - [- p% e5 Y' [# C/ vAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇" z2 R* g; p, Z6 }' x7 x, R3 Q/ F4 h Twitter: 4,445 3 i: I' g' X6 ]% p2 I9 {+ j2 M6 [7 B& Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" V% v* S) L' V& p+ y' Q2 w
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? 4 @0 }+ F0 `# c4 g4 S1 _* P |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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 V7 G, y4 O9 g8 I O5 p
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇! j5 y2 Z9 i0 T# t
. {" s" j7 b0 h5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.76$ ^. Y: _, v J+ \/ E* E! U
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?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。! n2 V' S8 y1 c( f! s8 |
) J7 r7 o) W \! 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。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.公仔箱論壇" y+ z( K$ ^( S, ]% Z9 N
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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. / D [+ h3 b" x. Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。* L X! f5 ?) W9 G$ \1 |
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