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 D {8 ^5 I& [" J- g) B/ O; Y 4 ?: l" ~8 w* S$ @8 rWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ! b9 Z4 x0 ]) @- yWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇* A3 t v# R, F
% g+ {7 _- w2 d* w
By Tom Gardner , z# i. M" |% _+ r' `9 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇8 g% x" N" Y6 X! t! w
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./ {* K) v+ d/ Q2 X8 T
9 c* {7 d: E) j1 cWhich? 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. ' {% N8 G0 }. n: v N9 X' }* t$ E5 r- n2 w
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. 1 n C: f& R5 K$ n& k8 X) [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。2 l; |) r0 s* y, ?( Q & I: f u6 C6 ^" e; g公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ; j% Q. Q5 L0 s ~ * }1 ?* T, G+ nLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5.39.217.762 j0 [) G. U# {0 n y) g& n
# _& D/ i: n. g" Y3 e公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 A, q% @$ J3 l
公仔箱論壇# J) w4 G' b/ o6 }$ j8 }9 i% ]! X. B
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 K( ^- q" x. n# t3 V
公仔箱論壇+ L8 `. q5 G( c+ l
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ " ^' H/ [9 K3 r, \' R+ EAmazon, 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.公仔箱論壇+ l, B0 @4 n9 t6 T9 k
, d' j' j" ?& W0 z
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.公仔箱論壇# X$ }2 n% N3 j8 L3 q G
; D% ^ T9 j/ eTVBNOW 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 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. : _- d0 d) M. n) a* f0 x* n$ ~+ _4 L5.39.217.76 5 t4 U9 ^$ ~, ` J5 Ztvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 v; X7 r* ^; j$ `
5.39.217.768 x& I5 ^* ]% t9 J. y1 }! `9 |7 t 4 B7 u3 s, N8 e$ Q% y: B公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina * H) ^) p( w/ b' I; Q+ q2 C - E8 l# M( D' _2 t( d" z, {! v2 b) k0 `8 q( w+ G+ e4 _
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet Y& ?: z( i7 Q3 X
' c# b6 u2 `0 K- ?' 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。公仔箱論壇2 K! D/ o9 P" |4 T: @9 a7 p9 z
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ; Q: p, |1 a% `) h4 `) Z- G7 gTVBNOW 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 t1 \0 F/ S0 I2 ?# _2 l( g A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( z1 C; Q* E1 T C- d Paypal: 36,275 $ h4 x L i0 @, z0 p( ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 ; X( O/ D/ P# y# v x- D公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 h4 G: z$ E, {7 m: F Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇$ Z: B/ b# ^* Y1 f& y& N& p Windows Live: 14,714 " S8 |9 D+ g+ C7 [Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- h. i" j" K* I7 ]1 K Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76" e0 l) z: y; ?# n# U8 ~ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 0 o6 b& n$ g& X( W+ m3 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 n7 F7 x% L6 M Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ~4 a* h6 f5 J. B) ~- o: \ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ {4 S- H7 v* e$ P/ F9 G9 q Twitter: 4,445 4 a# ^( T# j/ |6 A: w O: jTVBNOW 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。; j8 g: }. X* R5 q/ z, I6 z8 T4 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? % k3 |. B% o! Q- r5.39.217.76 + B( ^# s! o4 ~+ a$ \* ]- \For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. " Y9 w# g6 e A* a. N( D+ R公仔箱論壇, z/ R9 i# v2 ?! v; X
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇( b& N$ t: x9 o5 n# d
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ; e8 _ n; v5 ]. s' Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . B. q! m$ b& @* Y, {/ 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。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. $ ~1 i- Y( X& }& Z3 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。 - A- w& y: y# \1 q6 f g- BWhile 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. " u9 ?3 i$ z$ u6 A* S/ a: G 0 @, a* T3 G! i
, {! v2 b) k0 `8 q( w+ G+ e4 _
公仔箱論壇2 K! D/ o9 P" |4 T: @9 a7 p9 z