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 MacbethTVBNOW 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 O+ h% o; \% a$ f
4 P. f7 Z' G E. E& {3 x5 {8 u公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long " W- |; [ e- \, o, Q7 D+ @5 B1 c5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, W. K6 u# c! p
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0 k$ {( N9 q+ X9 u5 a& {tvb 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. / D# l& K; j5 E8 @+ ]' `7 U公仔箱論壇 , C G, ^3 }, s0 {$ S0 U; }5.39.217.76Which? 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.5.39.217.76/ w+ ^' F0 ~9 N# M! F" V+ v
5 @- H: l# P! I0 S* Z" r4 JIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.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。- P1 m* X* D5 f/ I8 C' a5 D
# d) q7 {' X R* a7 Y : |- x8 s/ B8 g& V+ Y( f$ {9 }Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet & i9 H9 Q) i" C ^/ O( Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % C4 ^+ f# \% v2 J6 e# Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 1 N2 X& U. |, t& w0 b5 |
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 4 H2 l4 `8 j' g% ?6 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - P/ ~/ h) F: G: yA 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.5.39.217.76! ]) |/ }. }+ {3 I) h/ y8 e
; G, t. }5 p4 c1 q% R( ?3 Q& T5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ : h! D; K5 S# P8 t: q. W' V& d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. 2 t( V5 Y$ ~5 i. u/ e3 w公仔箱論壇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。' N% X. y( v5 [6 c- w
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. " \, f; O8 \' ^' i! ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇6 J1 h# _8 p: Z( ^. z0 Z' a
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。( p, N' }( g2 W9 j
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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. - @& [' W1 S, z: S# R$ } 0 |6 }( V9 E: U4 L( ^ ; ]! f4 o. C: b* w; p3 y公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina * F9 c+ h. J2 s9 e9 t# T, ?公仔箱論壇 1 M" A" [: H4 u, l# t. f( l# d5 c& m5.39.217.76 4 C# k, ^ d. w8 @3 Q" _+ l0 oTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's 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。) l0 _: _+ w& L8 x$ ?6 y
% ~. y" D+ M2 z , g" z0 K* ~8 J( G) XWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ! t: ]/ H" d3 E- r0 H; x: l+ U: C5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。! ?4 j) F7 s0 H/ v6 ?, K A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.769 s$ |- g" z0 \' b' P- ~ Paypal: 36,275 " P; [' }% I: u- A5 f Z) z9 A9 A公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ; g- y: W; @. T( }1 B9 y4 MApple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: d" n- _8 J3 U6 V Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇1 A( O9 m2 v$ h* S Windows Live: 14,714 1 l0 w: W8 v; u! g) g5 P# e 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。+ ~) v9 p( b; N Facebook: 11,195 ; a/ z) C/ Y5 F. b6 Z$ B# _3 z/ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇5 L% f! y' v6 u; b4 g9 i Apple iCloud: 10,724 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 x! `8 d$ x$ J6 `2 k1 w9 y& o, B Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76( N0 e$ n( j& \% z6 w- C+ X Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇: ?" M; e8 Z3 q/ E- y! H Twitter: 4,445 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。! k" d" Q; E, b5 ^' b; S+ r, K
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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?6 @! d3 e5 ?8 e! x
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 6 y7 a* O- S4 h: [ 7 x2 q a' Q# GAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇; @, D; U5 l# t5 B; n+ d8 M
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( L$ M, q9 a: X+ r8 j5 t& x( D3 S
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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.公仔箱論壇. [7 ^* ` I0 R5 y- V( I
/ f8 f* _: @8 G* w4 Z! E3 B5.39.217.76While 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. 0 M$ W# s- a5 b# B* o; `; |- M2 q! W5.39.217.760 t: Y3 X; q: V3 J" R
