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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" ]6 Q2 |. |) X
3 w6 E6 n& g( s& a$ ?0 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ' k+ ]# w% W" s* Z S1 U5 YWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes / {/ V) s$ d# c; _3 y ' _. r6 `2 K7 z. o, Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner5.39.217.76 z; O. s$ y* D/ F- `: `5 ~1 f/ m
/ Y- \" d) P. I5 u) S _+ D$ }公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇! N* E1 O* q1 p3 y; p$ k
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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. 3 p1 H ~! J# S o; Dtvb 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。; G K0 J) L/ V1 }
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. : ^- o5 c/ L4 w- i0 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 B1 z4 _' c/ m+ U, K% Z% N+ s公仔箱論壇% X6 R4 I* f' J0 q" Y$ u: R
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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。% Z" M1 t5 g% t7 N8 _. |) X
) ~0 B; Y3 M) j% i. V5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 Z, Z1 [6 d2 _+ I" k+ I; J
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.761 r" r' T" [9 W v7 G
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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.5.39.217.76) Q) F& R0 {% I: o9 A& V1 j( }7 E. c0 s
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇" v7 z$ L) p! D# ^9 H
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# D+ V# P+ T. P5 a# A- q# ~
2 |) P! {7 t' G1 j2 K4 E; Y! C, [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。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. 1 C# q! G" I4 }5 h' }/ _公仔箱論壇 ( v9 X% J3 A: I' m- c* x4 S; ^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., J5 g2 J- a# w5 G3 G; c' ^6 K/ y
% r/ ? f+ P& qtvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* L" T0 }8 S* _. M1 u6 T
' D' s( k2 e( y0 r7 B " V" m3 @2 D. l; t1 T" Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- m1 ^8 `8 v3 S& S4 A$ e+ `- s
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words& J' s. k- W# z
* ^$ T- M! ]0 I, A) l$ A; G, v& VA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇" Y5 L1 Z9 V3 y Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇+ Z: h1 B5 B6 }! X Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇. ^" c9 h' j! i$ Z( u5 b 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。9 w% ]1 V+ q7 J 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。0 q( E# K+ T) m8 z7 b Windows Live: 14,714 % ]3 d: C6 ]0 }5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 , v+ I1 v, F# ]& l H Facebook: 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。4 {& s& x5 r1 G; t Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 X1 }6 a4 M) p* _ Apple iCloud: 10,724 4 F' L% e7 ~% ?* [: J. H. H0 Z! rAmazon Kindle: 7,115 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。$ \: h/ F7 n! r, ] o Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5 s* t& F2 |1 G8 ~' {5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, N1 Z. ~* D+ W5 E: x2 x0 z1 n
8 M1 ]" F- F% K公仔箱論壇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? & @* L7 G; A8 U; r4 F + W. J4 Z& W6 [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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. : e7 h( o9 F, t9 h- k& o1 a" 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。& ~9 L. o! @/ M' b
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. p) D1 {. r" i+ e7 w" b$ U( Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?* z$ i( f' Z- d2 M: }
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9 l; a4 U& @6 O: F9 xWhile 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.% H& J+ ?& ~) W9 p& Y* o! I
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