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 4 a* Z( ^- G+ f公仔箱論壇 4 u }$ |# U3 u1 o% E: Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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。0 B) M4 Y3 b3 d9 k3 Y
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes , C8 d/ v3 P2 e& m2 R: p: c) Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 e& `" k+ X: x. [ D1 e) R
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' p$ |7 C) k1 z* e; P
# B$ G4 |* m$ O6 m, `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。6 |& m0 z% u" D
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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. 4 \0 z( X2 @* s- Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 f# l5 s$ l" l7 N. M& O8 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 b T2 i O) \2 K5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet) p# n- o3 W) C" p: G% t- V
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 0 q; f0 [. `/ A$ u( g5.39.217.76 0 v/ v$ z' H% u+ d0 ~% F4 M公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ! t8 d/ t! Q6 v* Q公仔箱論壇' Q# |$ [4 @& g0 M6 Y) K
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. R2 w( ~5 B! \$ }/ h
1 a3 T. g9 ~" f2 E公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76$ X# S2 ^+ ]1 ^6 @: Z
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.! _4 m B9 X1 I
) @8 }3 y6 x5 a& cTVBNOW 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. y+ q' \* S' r- r8 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 m1 l2 w- ]( D7 x* Z& R) E6 GIt 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. 6 }& \) Q: I# h公仔箱論壇; r! ?- a1 d) L$ E3 b$ Y. q) j6 r
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. 5 q0 I& {) e8 X公仔箱論壇 " F( q5 [& K$ e # f7 L( F# `7 I9 X j- P2 h5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 4 h5 h+ ^8 `" ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . _; [6 m8 y1 N3 f9 \ @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( Z7 A. M: r" A5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet # c7 ^. q" a5 l; u8 H4 Z1 \
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76' b: R/ ?' u3 J7 Z
3 A7 \' l! T4 j- `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇$ \2 v7 H$ v4 ?: m: v Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇9 `. _+ D0 K7 b) o; J8 E! g Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇4 z# w& F6 ~! h Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 Y$ Q* ?5 q# B1 M% Q% k2 vMacbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- G, _5 D4 t( D. W; O Windows Live: 14,714 - A4 A% c8 n- C( U Apple iOS 5: 13,366 * t$ H8 Q. E7 C9 ?6 |3 \( F Facebook: 11,195 / T; z( Q. U* j# [9 yGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ; i' ]& |1 C+ ` Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇1 u! }6 q! H; s Amazon Kindle: 7,115 & ~: t: Z6 S/ w/ y4 J; K Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 $ u, ^* j' C$ n! Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 ' h' H7 @4 C8 b% Z/ G8 `3 O f$ W" O
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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 F7 e3 U) \3 g* T7 O4 ~
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.2 a! ]8 A( q6 v% e ^
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ' W5 O: s' N. N3 x+ S0 O$ mOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? : d x/ i4 C' q1 H1 g 7 P$ J; w/ ~9 j) D2 f: K& i/ H* ]This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. ! l9 k6 N, V/ I% ]# J4 U. L0 G2 M 6 e3 q! C) U6 P; U& B公仔箱論壇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.* B ?0 y4 I, w( x# Q& r5 I* I+ p( a
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