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 Macbeth5.39.217.76- Q" Q& z% w+ B4 r! c1 U
) F2 Y B5 A+ C6 K5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long : C) K$ E# c, H Q8 _. p/ e
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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. 1 G8 t$ E( S- b1 n; BTVBNOW 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 W9 w7 b- x2 d/ M" 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.5.39.217.760 a* P: w+ n3 j# n! j
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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. : M, k/ ^" P6 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - j8 L& T1 Z, p' C公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 S3 \1 s- ~3 R! }
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet # y j# x4 I; C# |5.39.217.76 % A! z1 k% F, I+ Q# O+ 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ; Q) [. F4 W- k ( S' |7 a6 W) u1 p( dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇 ?% U" c* F, T; O7 z9 K: ~
/ C/ ]& u( e( @' \6 O. w5 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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. $ m! y/ `- O( e2 }: 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。 , o3 w: Y& Q; c- |7 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 slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ) q q& U: W Y& `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。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. 8 Z6 v/ [0 F! M: m2 { ' a' n5 c, w( S5 X& P- e M公仔箱論壇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. % n; d" M, Y; H, v* [4 } ]5 O, R) g( ?# _5 q& e1 {- ]
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. ( a; Y; K( r6 {* U7 `公仔箱論壇 ( s: u5 R; m1 @6 L4 \" wHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. % V, C. o' S6 ^, N" q9 K0 F" Q" 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。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。4 b8 p7 {8 p0 T0 H$ S9 i/ j , ~# }0 W- x3 @2 q公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina % h' q' {" v W! x$ _* S$ p5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇; |) _- L5 X% {$ A% | ' l+ N" B1 X) A1 e, Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: 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。" w3 x7 P5 l0 c8 }, y0 {
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words! C' f4 R$ `+ F, D2 G4 i; I
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 [& ^' K3 I) L, t% g/ g i A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇8 i+ V2 n* g$ i+ r* U( M: x Paypal: 36,275 / F4 N$ T, X' y- r8 M公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76, W- Y! s; F* z" w$ ^* ^7 L Apple iTunes: 19,972 5.39.217.764 K% w) ^+ P+ V$ F/ ~ Macbeth: 18,110 ( I6 ?9 f1 w3 r# p% I' c# n0 T* ~Windows Live: 14,714 & X+ w# [9 `' z _% I" \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 & |' m- p7 `# L& S) F( Q. XFacebook: 11,195 " ?/ h9 S9 `1 p% Y- w2 dGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 : R9 y% W: [4 P2 M5 w( z- 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。Apple iCloud: 10,724 ; ^; |) b6 o+ ~6 ?7 x5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ! m+ o4 M9 c1 }7 O, P Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , R8 W% r9 }# w; j1 {/ etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 5.39.217.76& C6 O8 D: P2 K
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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? 6 `( A* \- z8 }6 n公仔箱論壇& P0 C, d& p2 Z& M
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. . F2 ^( T: F0 X4 m公仔箱論壇8 F. F6 V& S) ?" T4 H q% D# ^
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. , b- U9 }, u( {5 dOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?: ?+ j. k* U% |6 c& ?& n y
& r$ \# x4 O, T3 f4 p) T3 s# etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.公仔箱論壇2 J, ` J0 v* @) f* R U
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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. * r% y. T' G' q8 V z) ?公仔箱論壇" i n7 d! m: s/ q0 G
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