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 MacbethTVBNOW 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。% o5 Q) U# S9 r& p. w: W5 O5 b! f
0 m9 K# J6 w/ K8 X) ]# O公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long + @, T$ V( l' U( o$ x0 DWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes" [7 g. ^. f" x
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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.公仔箱論壇! s* X% p, g' J
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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.! t0 y* W9 x/ J9 C4 P. M- n
0 Z9 B2 ~! q( m! R( p7 t8 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。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. / G& [1 P1 b/ H# _3 V: Z5.39.217.76 1 m- h2 [5 P; C1 E4 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , K' D5 Q5 P# {1 g, H0 g9 DTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 2 z2 l% p) x( K1 j5 o, m z! z8 q5.39.217.76! Y9 j3 |7 J/ A$ F
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. # W3 I4 K4 `# w" qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ! T: Q4 J5 i( |1 `! Y }公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.8 W( z. d; E: z5 R9 G. g3 L; y- |
" i3 S3 i0 f6 M" I( {6 A5 F$ [4 z4 O UA 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 C- S& u5 q3 w! \5 b- b/ 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。4 ^" A& ? b3 R# d" q, x
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’/ R& z+ A0 h, H3 r
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. 6 Q% G1 Y5 d1 \% B8 K/ X( C: m公仔箱論壇 # _; j( m3 j4 J% F* y- _9 S1 G9 {5.39.217.76The 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.5.39.217.76; S' H' ?$ \' s% `$ |% @- [' s
. n! O+ a0 X# i0 v% |9 dtvb 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.公仔箱論壇7 W* |7 M) G0 S3 [7 s2 R% |
# ?; S5 u* e- B: n2 t/ T公仔箱論壇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. - ~3 b5 U1 ?4 b% X' f" l" q+ I, z公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇% k/ O/ s0 h( j; E# a) g# } 7 f3 f! ]5 E4 b- ^; ~7 c5.39.217.76Feat 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。/ J0 r) g2 H+ }& M
4 d) y& _1 p* \+ m& U公仔箱論壇 ; ]2 Q ] g! c1 F+ V5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet $ i$ O! ~; ^" u" Z0 T8 C5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。$ F( B! u4 u7 x 5.39.217.76 h: F% [0 g+ D# N2 \; C% O" {- h( M
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words- t; t2 O5 t# Q* L, ~% l
公仔箱論壇" }. J; L: f( M3 u A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ' E7 V c* C( o% ?公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇7 S/ t) O3 a: u; k( ^ Hamlet: 30,066 " [# ? d2 u& Q( v. D$ j% N5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 & ~: b2 ?+ Y L: 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。Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇; v0 z; E3 @5 P: E( g Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 {- {/ \# E1 \8 x3 y$ W Q& ^ Apple iOS 5: 13,366 . N6 r! e7 G- F. i' } Facebook: 11,195 4 t9 q# i& S2 T7 ZGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ! D7 n3 Y: w( c9 ~$ ^7 PApple iCloud: 10,724 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 `0 K: I/ r& q5 z3 }" T Amazon Kindle: 7,115 # ^" g: E& y/ D0 i1 ^" ]5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ( W9 r3 m+ X* ]. x Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇% E( y: \1 D2 r8 e4 \$ W- ~) p8 c0 N9 s
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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?5.39.217.76, T- z6 n3 x. T$ K
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.; G. S0 ]7 k) P. z
# |+ v7 u8 ]: `' A. qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ( ?" r+ `2 s$ L4 Y8 g6 G# q; `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?. V h# N# S: Q. Z! m9 y- P
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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.5.39.217.765 {* |# v( K9 _
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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. * K5 _5 }$ Y1 B' o! U/ 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; I d9 l: `% P- q
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