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/ d0 ]! o$ T: W/ {1 a
$ p7 ~! L( }& t G! P+ E4 T* a5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long / U# Y/ @& O1 x! h' n
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes / w/ u) t1 k# Y3 i. 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。( R: f, Z- L; A0 T3 P; B
By Tom Gardner7 W3 o' Y: V G. Q
6 ]+ U) k$ K" h5.39.217.76A 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. 2 k; n/ @. u/ y" `% E" `% K公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ E3 J4 e& }! m- M
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. ( Z& e: x6 @7 v/ m) y2 j8 t1 a5.39.217.76 2 ^ I1 n Z& S# P0 c6 r2 H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. 3 a& l* E: D& A* ^" W$ J, @2 ]5.39.217.76 ! |; g2 Y+ U# ]9 Z! {* w) h2 O8 b- J
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇* p @; Z) o' `. a8 z" E [
" U2 I# v) u) D+ RLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. + t. H) Q# P2 V3 D8 l U7 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ i" I& ^. g9 Q; Z4 k; J9 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.1 t! Y6 o# V' l! |
: i8 O" ` _5 _, H& b% `3 S9 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 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. # K8 O: G8 W0 @8 |4 {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 z, t# _‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.760 N5 Q/ l6 m8 U2 B2 O
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# w! C" g+ Z1 v" G$ b8 ?( n R2 L
" u7 r5 j l* d/ c6 V+ @4 lThe 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.1 t- U) i" h" d+ x" f/ w
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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.公仔箱論壇. s2 q7 C+ d4 |, Z" Z& \- P
9 q" P/ Q9 E6 o* [ Ntvb 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. ) S" q7 g" [* F, x5.39.217.76 ) S" ]. [0 q# f! o9 S6 S5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& w* V) v# y. n8 r
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina % F' m( O% g% `1 j1 L n1 _+ Q: xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 d2 z+ E* M% Y' w * |. @5 K+ Y9 D6 N2 i2 s' H( i y( sTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet & ~% {2 @' g& W; 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。# W; G, o& i, g" C; Q/ [ & S" C, K- C. |1 Q# P4 n. ?* m) qTVBNOW 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 8 c; ~- W" L4 M9 G" 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。% Z3 N' G2 {; P5 r A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇, a+ y9 X1 i! I" ~2 q# D( I Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 q, x0 x" \1 o$ \/ u8 h8 f& I: |- a Hamlet: 30,066 ) j0 ` I, |+ @+ W* _Apple iTunes: 19,972 / k5 y8 K$ V2 m) f v% t8 aMacbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇, a/ \1 j9 p0 e Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇' V) {1 f* V( t& c4 H$ [8 c7 x Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.767 P1 U j/ E/ }1 U- n d: o Facebook: 11,195 ! N+ Q. h, Y9 P2 L6 z# \8 Z9 x4 R0 E, J Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 / b3 k# G) ~* T0 {+ [# f1 b$ e3 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。Apple 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。( q1 ?+ \7 \6 i. ~1 F; R6 z Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ( X( B0 b5 d* m; `5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb n6 f" Q6 @% P5 b Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇9 ], k$ A$ {$ o0 B: m2 M9 {3 Z
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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?公仔箱論壇* ]; m& p; Y N6 K% ^
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76) A9 g8 ]- E% v, l
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, a1 c1 Y! e' j. N* w/ V
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? % Q( y' z4 U7 ~5 m W5.39.217.76 , r# H+ \3 M3 i4 ^- `2 v5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.3 K& ^2 _" p' G
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; U& w9 Y0 f0 R! d7 j
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