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 2 K! l" b: N6 m# }9 r6 x+ z* g" R公仔箱論壇 , W9 B1 Z( U! N: e5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long : m% R- A' G4 v( J: |' d( s2 I# [Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ b. ?3 S6 L6 {2 j, W, ^# D* G
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By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76" g9 H/ m4 C; x/ p3 c
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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. $ u- \- j/ a M5 r1 _/ H6 }+ `, Q. w+ h: O. b5.39.217.768 b! k$ Q/ S+ Z
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. # E2 @! c3 O( u; e; C- Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; |$ X* g7 I+ L" [! J
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* U0 j2 D. C0 s- d
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- I2 R: U* q8 {/ t4 [% {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。' m2 s2 ^2 F0 k& x7 C: C+ e
# S. c+ r* E8 P$ d5 D5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ( l- L. S$ W j3 F A6 W * E6 M! B* M& P# XA 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. , f* G* s0 ~8 e1 c* e: x公仔箱論壇 " T! A2 m! K, A. \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’7 L* w) u! \, W. 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# V! z' }1 ~) f6 r8 Z1 z
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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." N9 F, `! R$ y+ k9 t X2 A; w
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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.公仔箱論壇# j7 J* k; y9 w( `
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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.. I. {. k+ Y7 f t6 h- D
) W0 w) h6 n: w9 u $ O5 M# n0 I- K( ?. X4 Q, q5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 [' j `, w) h0 ?0 ~/ n( ]8 z, M5.39.217.76( p2 ]+ t+ `+ Z & N0 _: e: T* _1 X% oTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 0 b+ ]( X. J) `- P5.39.217.76+ [& e; @- ?) @3 K7 L ( T8 X+ Z4 F6 y' z" p
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ( S ` z3 c `% qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 8 r2 {) E2 d: }8 M5 P9 D! D公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.764 Z! ^3 F u. e2 Z( b Paypal: 36,275 5 ^3 _& a$ M9 O( A! L. G6 h公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 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。# q0 t, ?; ^1 B Apple iTunes: 19,972 % E1 w2 s6 }$ p) [ Macbeth: 18,110 * Y! J3 z& I$ ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 , l+ A$ k7 m4 W( z) ZApple iOS 5: 13,366 4 Z: Z! K/ i, e8 m6 K& Y5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.760 L9 T) @$ ~- G Q9 e Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76. u% T8 L8 D1 ?1 z5 \: L Apple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.763 D3 X( \0 {- I) k& O Amazon Kindle: 7,115 " ~: q: D! q& ^# x: q) Y) A5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇# G2 F6 t" ^5 D- y# F Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 A- y, Y( i. B7 l; b: x$ x! f4 S
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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?3 q# d# }* D' i! n) F
0 [( F$ d- ^) o7 D2 u- `4 |. ]( J6 nFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.767 ^! H( R) m8 E2 U5 o
" z9 l- A9 s% L) Ctvb 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.5.39.217.76! x L$ n/ ~! _" } C4 ^' y
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? - _& ^9 X; h8 R/ b( Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 J1 O% b- o. O
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. ! u* z8 F f5 _0 P* u+ H $ |3 q8 d) c* m+ 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。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 a, e4 X4 S5 m% s4 U( |! I5.39.217.76 / o( \9 j+ F3 U2 v/ ~$ V
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