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 9 e2 w; C7 T- C# d+ @公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇4 T: G1 ]6 E+ B' y. ~
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . c* a! X5 S* a" 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% @, y8 E- `: A2 S+ i5 Y
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By Tom Gardner # B. s' o- g3 Y/ W8 @ G7 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。 , f- q* M+ g- v otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.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" S* R+ X4 R0 @: G% I
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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.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* r, p( g% e4 O* t
6 Q! u& @; l/ R- m0 m5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 G- s) V/ B2 Y3 g, F$ Q$ G2 Q
! U. _- x$ J) W2 a$ T* Z7 x+ E, C3 [% l 4 C: C6 b; v3 @( U6 ]: S: 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' x& h: {: E7 ~4 W " k7 ~/ n2 ~- i: u! s! Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 7 G, q; v& S9 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。 * L/ i$ e6 U' k4 q/ ?公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇* V$ N- u/ z7 t* ~
2 u; _$ O* Z( [8 |2 c/ u; P# T) Otvb 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. 1 w+ S7 K6 R3 {4 A# k5.39.217.76 : |: C- E* C, _0 S8 g/ j" J5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 7 o' i' F. q$ y0 L( f* U& l* A公仔箱論壇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. * \1 B2 e, D1 ]# j! c3 y) k8 P# oTVBNOW 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。公仔箱論壇. p5 B8 Z$ ?3 \6 _! f: B! k5 G! z6 |
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.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。, E- Q: _/ w& Q2 x
6 D+ H! d, ~6 c; V$ g$ Q5.39.217.76It 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. 9 {7 _9 l# }2 Z' E: e; ^ 8 R- }. I* ^# B! M* r+ d( Q5.39.217.76Hamlet 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 i$ O- U. J+ E0 S. p$ _! L
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina, k% z: p5 @- a K( ^8 x/ g
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ! o1 J5 J; x6 D& k9 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ g8 n( g/ G% Q# H- E7 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 2 m7 E1 S+ Y6 j! f% H" e+ e* _, LWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words- q% q1 n$ x5 T5 y( x) [3 X
. I, j4 k) v$ R8 p5 @0 q/ ~A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ) V0 M) Z6 t1 p- `) l$ g6 x5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76" h* J# Z2 ^9 Y) ]4 o- U; v Hamlet: 30,066 0 W: N1 n' b% |, E8 }& d. u) N5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 % B% Z! K3 C" P) G8 \% Z1 Q5 {* f" v- ^5 \公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76( A5 n u0 _9 {+ e4 x* ^7 f Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ e+ w" g- U% I$ |2 W# w3 r4 @" b Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。# b# P& M5 B$ O" ? Facebook: 11,195 0 |( T- X" C7 }! l) g( i- {; X1 @5 j7 DGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 3 e' O3 H$ b& |) o ?3 oTVBNOW 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. Z9 K7 p+ a/ k$ ?7 n Amazon Kindle: 7,115 0 U' A; a6 ^$ m# d' ~+ N; o Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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。, l& V' g4 Y R; B: M; E) K Twitter: 4,445 9 w# @$ a. X- o7 J5.39.217.76 ( i* H) d; ^$ {9 x3 }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? " W5 q H9 D* ~% c5.39.217.765.39.217.76* E$ l0 c# v! B& X. g; @
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 5 h2 L. s3 e# C9 O- ?5 c1 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 q- I F v" m# ~& D2 r& `
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. , g( _6 ?% a" F* c) n. {5.39.217.76Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.76; h) R: V2 Y5 k2 N
& ]# O, k" ?' k% h% x3 itvb 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. 3 Q8 |. `/ I" C& ~$ x$ N/ b4 q / ?- ]% n1 R$ B; R8 \ 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。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.5.39.217.76% w2 t2 V# b. T" ~" S' E( B
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