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 ) u2 x1 n) x: W! I " O# S: ?% g4 E- N: l; z8 n5.39.217.76Which? 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。" `) H D% v, D
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 J& k2 ?1 f/ |+ t! v
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By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇/ t2 r3 q3 u# @2 C8 z
$ o Q- f* a2 |0 U* r- B* |2 `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. + N3 c* x8 x% D8 Z9 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 S+ u8 Y. i. m. t: K5.39.217.76Which? 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. 8 v7 x* p. Q$ \$ o* ]' c) o) Z 3 X( F7 `" L5 v' p/ ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. 9 f; T' M* Z! X5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 B# b* @- ^; W7 r; Y+ \' X: ~ 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 Q3 l' ~- c# v, K: {7 T
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet : {7 d; T5 o r" 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。4 x- B: z1 i4 t1 Z- f; |% X7 }: M
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5.39.217.76& r& Z' M) E' b+ @0 J# I- z
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ s2 H1 I, t1 i: d1 o4 j1 t( w( \
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, G% L. g. C) _1 Z. a( U; 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1 h$ \" e$ B) b
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.公仔箱論壇 `2 A c0 {7 {0 o/ e+ ^/ V
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 _" A3 |0 ~8 l; Y J% u( L
; J+ T& l" T; e dIt 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 j7 R2 ?/ T \4 L& k. T' }( ^
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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.& s, w) W4 \ y, \/ z% U
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* j: W4 V! t: J! ?/ z! F6 Q ' R6 x" X. M& F7 O' ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina + g$ S. S8 J1 _$ d) \, { 2 l# _) R, {8 ^4 [/ `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 c1 O& r9 m+ P5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇- v, u/ z- f+ K, ~
5.39.217.76$ ]+ R) V3 C$ f7 y& z , ?; |* J& b1 U6 k/ Q2 g: [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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words* R2 h" J: R- ^7 y- s8 H" H v
, P- z7 O: c! `; q3 ~ A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS$ C: W: W& A$ i; D+ z+ Q$ |2 S Paypal: 36,275 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。) o( Z( K4 {9 x g$ G6 H" j" D Hamlet: 30,066 . L& W- [ \' i4 Y/ }7 L Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* f$ q( U3 R8 I# T: m3 I: k$ T Macbeth: 18,110 . V2 R5 X( k: l/ E! p公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 " x* x5 K5 U2 [+ r' _. f1 |) itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 v/ O( Z* ^- Y5 S 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。1 c: E. a2 ?, I8 Q: R9 } Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 # N6 L! H3 i, |1 C Apple iCloud: 10,724 2 a/ ^1 \7 e; H' p, \! {" d3 l" PTVBNOW 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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5 \) `/ S0 s% m& ~Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 8 G5 |! R3 h1 V1 L( s公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 ! M: `+ j% F) {- `) W# k5 v5.39.217.76 ' |1 F6 C$ z7 u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?公仔箱論壇2 ~# e" e9 g3 t# |' A! q) Z
- p# x/ l# X& ^, [' {& 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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. % y4 O0 C3 l2 q% Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ! h* [- Y: O6 \( btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. a! @& W1 i; }3 }' t
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 4 j' ?# ~0 y+ j+ y& o" F5.39.217.76 ( D$ l* R9 ?8 w. eThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.4 G' W, C o& f5 y3 y- F
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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. 2 O. W) K, `5 K! 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 @/ `$ [" [6 Y
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