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 Macbeth7 y6 X/ Z. D; R
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 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。& k4 o! R( f6 [3 C& U9 k
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes1 W" P- D( g- T% B
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By Tom Gardner 0 M8 d0 L& s6 Z1 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。 + h2 t t: ^9 [+ \0 ]% u5.39.217.76A 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.3 W" c# q- d; ]* l! A
3 H* @( H- K8 U" {, g5 v* ^6 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。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.5.39.217.762 H* ^9 j% c% k( a
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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. , g' D# n3 Q8 O: j8 x# t, @; e g- Y公仔箱論壇- O' F: \( y. c 3 s/ A/ B; e* S6 C3 Y& DTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 1 q. y. p E9 w. h6 C3 hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( z# C7 Q4 f& R% y# _9 T+ S, c( K+ O, o
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. + [) O2 u; S2 k% Y; @. D5 h5 [+ k0 U% r. Y. l7 U& j7 Z" s& p7 D
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ; L( h3 d1 P1 x: b- M % ^3 u s; E! v& NTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。A spokesman for Which? said: ‘We think it’s unreasonable to ask people to read prohibitively long T&Cs before they agree to use a service.9 x7 M5 R( E, [+ a
! A) G& [3 ~6 k( f% D+ o5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 0 H& i3 l( M. U" @3 P2 n0 B5.39.217.76Amazon, Google, Facebook and Windows also have enough words to fill a small novel yet expect them to be read as part of their contract with the customer. 1 x% C! B: D8 I2 W, W* ^TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 r& t1 X3 o( g/ |! }8 n8 M
The worst culprit is PayPal, a secure payment system for internet users, which has a terms and conditions box containing a total of 36,275 words.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 W- Z8 p4 I1 o7 ?9 t( p
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It includes around 9,200 words on its privacy policy and the rest split on its shipping services policy, billing agreement and terms of acceptable use.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( c" E9 ?! l! w9 n( K. g
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Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 M# C9 @- w$ \) e
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ( |. w M! @' y/ S5 d - @+ N; P$ P! m; @* q, M! ]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。8 t9 ~+ W3 S8 y6 ~
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ) Q) c3 C& s1 U4 j3 z8 d5.39.217.765.39.217.76/ V( u( M: D8 ~5 ?9 c$ e3 K tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; K" i% r$ q. n- p# q
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 @, f3 q3 d; ^8 L. `, K
5.39.217.76+ V6 T d# F$ i A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS + A7 Y3 O. a1 J6 h. h$ ^* PPaypal: 36,275 # [% S X* ]8 T u0 g# Q公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76 {0 N" o8 f+ s8 r Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇& C$ v( y6 H( N1 D7 g6 H Macbeth: 18,110 0 R( x6 j6 |! d$ |/ t5 {* ?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。Windows Live: 14,714 ?' Q5 q$ X7 f# L- j! e5 s L/ kApple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇% g# K, w' y X, x9 S4 S Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇- D E6 m* o0 C7 }2 j- X% b Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 G$ Q0 Q( U1 J0 W( ]9 x+ h! x Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇5 s0 `, P7 t; {- S& ~# w; i Amazon Kindle: 7,115 4 @- A4 X+ k0 D. U) A0 Q. u1 R9 C 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。: V, t5 l, H) D" x8 |/ k Twitter: 4,445 6 G5 o1 Z. ^+ Q+ ETVBNOW 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。5.39.217.762 M* f: e( ^8 R: G
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?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。7 M: L, p- o1 s7 k" f, _
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( R3 I. {) t' F4 }- @And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 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。+ Z5 H4 R4 x. H- d5 |) R
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? & q/ C. m1 z; O6 o 9 P8 d1 H6 X0 r! V* @ l7 WThis 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 T& `& J! v0 z( d5 C( c/ b h% j9 C6 S ) M& Q! ^0 Y5 P( WWhile 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. 4 Q1 ?8 H& V! ~6 A! x; j5.39.217.76 , T' H1 ]& ^8 P( s4 t2 B6 q5.39.217.76
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