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 ( m5 i3 g/ e4 r) Z. [( \ . w2 A- T% a9 J1 e% C5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long & B; G {0 x0 G7 h% J/ J/ n- j4 A
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changesTVBNOW 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。8 d/ ~- G% ]6 ]+ u
% \ A& x0 A" g& ?3 l) \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner ! q; g+ }$ i9 j5 h+ A, u4 i公仔箱論壇: S& M! t/ C5 P! k) `5 ?9 d% y
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 `1 s, _* K$ ]2 {) J
$ P H' q" c* @' Y- R公仔箱論壇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. 4 u$ G/ ]" M* M9 O9 U7 B( _3 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% T" F) P+ t) O* L: Q
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. ( W! z- C0 q5 P$ p9 {) Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇6 X' z h- N( A8 N # V+ |5 G) w% O: r
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet4 [% ~/ {; l, N+ a* ]- ]$ a
7 T! g3 r& [* `3 J0 y5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。& o" J. h7 J2 D1 N+ J8 d# c
( V# N& p' l5 H) ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ( z5 f) C( v) t* [" G+ m! 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。0 [ E: H1 b2 y e' V/ g# G
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。, r F/ ]# a: K, _: R6 X
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5 o$ b5 d. ^" r8 E; f
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.公仔箱論壇5 p5 U' M/ ^* z: h; i; A
0 \' w0 v" E6 `* A5.39.217.76The 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. ! y# P; ~! V; W- g) N7 Y( b1 a / v; c# H. k! dTVBNOW 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.5.39.217.76' V5 s) Z+ d8 H0 D$ @% f) C) w
" I& r2 m) u9 R( bHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end./ J' H) }8 a' G2 e, K, k
# `4 W: X* E% Q* }+ R % Y3 q7 r$ m# U6 m! 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.76* S! L; X- \# e! O
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 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。( }+ c9 W+ B' W6 m" ~- h
* v/ Z D, N* H3 b' D" z- u' M9 j4 P , ?" B: T& d6 X$ |' m4 F5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ; a" k( p0 z6 F- [ 4 R B8 Q. f! N8 J$ Z1 M3 ?A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ( p9 @4 k. |$ k公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 1 R$ i7 i+ G/ e9 W9 @1 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。Hamlet: 30,066 : p% r Z4 q' e3 r4 w0 DTVBNOW 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 iTunes: 19,972 2 j' w# T6 C& T/ c6 E! t5 i Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇1 s3 \7 A! M" y! B: h! f- @3 k Windows Live: 14,714 # k& S- G9 ~3 J! 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 iOS 5: 13,366 6 l( N4 }1 h+ u6 H+ U- D2 bFacebook: 11,195 * `0 d+ C/ Y& l, N5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 - p) I; _: X( J$ ?6 \( D Apple iCloud: 10,724 " N9 ^7 b/ C5 \. fTVBNOW 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 Kindle: 7,115 9 X+ J: l) C' j$ @2 y' e; EAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 ~6 @, T0 ]# m2 b, s4 |6 sTwitter: 4,445 : @' |) d5 o! O, N% g+ D公仔箱論壇 8 C: k) d7 i+ [% ?% `" |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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? 7 i1 F2 [" u$ q) G; ^% R/ Y Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 ?% b# X) Q7 E3 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.8 P4 M, n9 r m+ B& A7 [0 T
0 i$ g7 H0 D* r% U/ QAnd 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# R) P4 U1 L3 e4 K: h
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? H0 C( R( Y. Y& g% Z
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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.8 u- D! e$ v. |. b! g# a6 y+ t6 p! |" t
4 w# g: [7 U/ F6 |- iWhile 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. 2 o0 C6 U7 N% |5 A( ?# M( T ! F8 S6 C9 L( v" u+ }9 E* M5.39.217.76
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