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' a& y& `# |$ L8 K
, E$ o( H. \& u1 H2 g G) x+ ?. ~Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 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。+ t7 d/ o& R2 a5 ]
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes/ k& N$ s0 S* `3 U+ u$ x. {/ O, G: ^
- {6 ?# |, r6 W2 I- X8 lBy Tom Gardner 3 z1 s; D. c8 k$ ]' _$ I+ A! ?8 `7 F公仔箱論壇/ `+ a' E- _: r @& 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. " V0 Z7 t) H" z# \$ H( f- c$ H) D/ K$ r/ A
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. ' i' ^- X% x- z$ ]9 { 0 }" i, M) u( i7 D& |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. ( W0 [4 w$ ^; C9 e: C; f2 f: [9 ]5.39.217.76% R: f0 J4 Y. {4 m6 Z ( X5 ]6 X: S4 k* q3 E6 t {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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet# N' p5 F! n/ z6 J- l, V
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 d* f; K, {% [6 l. P" }$ 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。 ! }) {$ y+ S2 ~/ [ g9 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. + s; \& b, S1 H, A+ V$ |' J$ J7 g/ l1 e0 v$ C
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,bttvb& n! g! o. S4 n% D; _+ w/ q
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 G% ^5 a5 E( U' ]' @1 v" l6 q
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.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。' I0 Z) Y0 @) Z& i/ J0 |2 z, \4 |
+ q# L7 \' Q! y) l; Q5.39.217.76The 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. E! X- c* V7 g8 E公仔箱論壇 : U5 [" K/ v/ X1 n+ j& ztvb 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. 8 q( R2 ~& Z/ [0 [% U4 v0 Z$ v; `公仔箱論壇 ( H9 \) M' Z1 z7 r, J( nTVBNOW 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 has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. ! ~2 P4 c9 F( ~: 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。 / G, p3 c2 X! }& z7 R) ^ 9 S4 X3 `# {8 K& d( x公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina $ B6 u; o! W$ z1 G a) P" g" h0 w3 f" q& d% w4 G; f 0 x$ k5 ?' X0 a' H# z8 R& h
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet , G& p1 n# I$ E" o( |
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/ M# \) n3 l- d$ o A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 7 \/ v6 _) i# }# `, 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。Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76, y- v, f) n+ h7 S, O5 _' W Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 a! C0 Y! u8 R; k5 g$ W Apple iTunes: 19,972 0 [2 X$ t/ x; g6 X8 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。Macbeth: 18,110 4 P! _" {1 Z- h# W5 ^$ S" o( gWindows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; R/ G4 @( K1 |5 e3 ` Apple iOS 5: 13,366 # y; f4 _ Q9 f( g% W0 XFacebook: 11,195 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。5 A3 ]* V% n7 Q2 w+ ]9 P$ m& ` Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 - L, @: ]* b. `0 UApple iCloud: 10,724 & \) g0 q6 x/ r2 v1 v8 J+ ^) NAmazon Kindle: 7,115 8 J6 u( v$ K& }) yTVBNOW 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.co.uk: 5,212 e. p: c2 h- M1 y& ]+ Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 : Q1 j. p0 _" j q5 @+ ^) l* H
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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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: q1 z1 G7 }; K! \+ H, p
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇+ E4 }5 K0 i) ?' M
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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. # I1 T' q" K& v& iOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?: [( Y2 c5 u4 M
; h) X, A" \' gThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. . q7 T3 X5 f! D/ N; |& Z h+ pTVBNOW 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 T- I# N' e2 E) p9 }
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. # t* k4 I% o9 I) r' atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 j3 C9 _: g6 X9 W! w+ V5.39.217.76
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