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 + {0 `6 \/ K. Z r% F* 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。 V( D0 Y$ A* i/ Q) b% J( P. kWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . p+ D; I) ~7 {( g. ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes9 a9 d% C) c) {" G: ^5 O
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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. I0 {& t6 c6 k4 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。 4 _4 m4 h: @( G( z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. . ~ |+ J& w* T公仔箱論壇5.39.217.763 G. t5 s' ^0 a
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. 7 n6 m& E. W4 u6 r' q; [, D6 h* H $ D- o4 N- q4 c 0 y Q- Z( g5 P0 U公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 0 f% P3 g3 X/ c, ?' k8 T- 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。5.39.217.76/ s7 `- w9 R" K1 g3 l
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. / b" J" d7 x8 [5 a7 }0 |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。 ( ~( |' Y5 {( ~- k5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。( |6 j6 l' m/ G9 ? A! G0 V3 y8 c
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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。6 D% z. U# I. p
7 |/ O+ u- T, |: {5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ' w: a# n `- b# V0 v% }/ }4 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. ! _& V$ E9 G k0 Y$ a3 U0 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: A9 S3 k5 B% z% @: e$ B
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.8 M" v( `; {9 f2 M3 X+ r
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% ^2 ]6 i) o9 {. q8 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.5.39.217.767 U- R1 W; B' a( ?' c
5.39.217.769 \# q9 S4 N' K. A7 \, V7 s 4 [- Q% `; }, O; K- uFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ! V) x6 e+ v/ Z! E9 {& ~4 M0 s% ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( l9 B% k- H* u( B) ]4 _ ; H3 y* j: M @0 X+ q6 t5 n( L
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 6 H7 K& ^3 W, m; Y# f公仔箱論壇 & [) r1 h% h! W3 O$ K0 P3 {; r" d O7 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。 5 c8 Y3 g; Z$ m5 c8 t# M/ P/ qWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.762 S9 j% M6 C& v1 ]" k. z
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。! |) s, l5 R* Q+ w% y8 @1 x0 Q4 ~ S; g! t A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS $ r! W9 T+ K L; y6 U- Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaypal: 36,275 ( ~9 I0 n/ k% ?' SHamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇3 ?( R. z% r, i' C7 w$ x+ X Apple iTunes: 19,972 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。) X/ x' r) h* u/ f Macbeth: 18,110 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。; b6 p; ?# B7 m5 M! ?) s Windows Live: 14,714 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。9 M$ A7 k0 a9 d& J6 ?7 V: E Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.76$ A& p1 e4 B" S3 s6 [% e Facebook: 11,195 , u" s( _6 e; [& \5 P7 @ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。+ m+ v! P4 G1 m" P" I% B8 @ Apple iCloud: 10,724 : d3 H* h: m0 s- e/ A Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76% E7 u7 Q/ @1 d, f5 R8 G Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 8 p2 a& F9 A6 c( }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 ) ]) w1 Z4 b6 b H& W% U + G% `0 F% o/ b# P/ y5 z$ {5.39.217.76Apple’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?% n+ }; @; K2 K8 x- Z" y
) I2 t1 U) n5 o" B公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. & G, ]- V1 k; |, G0 |8 ]! B/ MTVBNOW 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。 S$ S* R+ K) S1 m Z/ n8 v! ^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$ ]/ ]1 c& d- J4 F B
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇& t4 M( y7 G$ ~, t$ c2 U& t
& B4 o: i1 f$ V" G2 o+ S1 a7 z5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. 8 M# ^. U1 z) htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。% D" H- ]0 x: ]0 ^% x5 F
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.8 T& U; n6 Y* Y; b/ I z
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