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 0 Y! v. q( q f B6 U. l, k* \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。 ; U( a2 j& D4 w: f e9 t. y: O公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ' b& _0 K2 S( q( BWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ; }2 t1 U4 V( t& O) i7 i- ~ $ l8 `( B9 s, @9 a$ E1 ?3 k5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76- k/ ]$ s' V, o$ g+ o: a; G
- \ i3 Z( e0 E6 Z公仔箱論壇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.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。% D* q* Q! ?4 s& @$ z, H& { e
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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.0 l+ l X, x z3 P; a! O$ P! Y+ Q
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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. 6 r; Z( R* a& g' L # R: \7 ?# m; r/ m' Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 g0 \. ^, v7 g$ ~公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 9 q3 g8 Z1 V& h E/ ~7 M1 Q9 Y# O公仔箱論壇# u1 Q+ y& W" P( c
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ; Y$ j1 E# d0 `$ ?- C: J( h! 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。7 N+ c; ]. G! c; Q
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. ( m& G1 g' a& Q7 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。 : j4 B. ]; E/ w: QA 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., b2 A1 E% |+ c$ }9 }% ]
* D5 g8 A6 b. Y! ~& a5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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。% O2 { O9 ?% s; g" N
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. ! x9 E* c8 g% s$ t* g! x( q2 K) ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* p2 l( W+ @2 H9 m9 S5 A9 ]
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. 8 w7 K, ~" `6 r4 e7 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 n, P" N; h! h" F
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ O6 M" I8 ^. L' @
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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. / K, K, Q6 k3 J) U* g6 h& OTVBNOW 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 e8 z9 M3 L1 ~/ [: j/ Ltvb 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。! @9 C- B2 Z0 J' y% N/ ^7 {
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina7 r& e( t, Z1 f8 u8 ~0 @7 |
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ) w* Y3 D" X% w; q% Z0 Q+ O$ u7 v+ \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。, W/ E1 W& d9 X( h4 ?* N. ?/ N 5.39.217.768 ]* Q$ O$ q1 i/ I/ \3 b
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words1 x7 b0 T6 h5 {
4 i8 [0 X# X1 ^" }% W# K [A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS , c5 f- X3 g" ^7 E" B O公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 + A: n2 E/ f. M& C公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 9 W' G4 | j) Y% @2 m9 B" Z, W0 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。Apple iTunes: 19,972 6 A: @; v' g! J- jMacbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( y0 E5 X4 R. n3 A Windows Live: 14,714 / B0 G6 Z, f2 K2 J# h3 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇+ O$ U! R9 M& O$ U# h Facebook: 11,195 , M* G) z' f$ C$ `- }. }7 o Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 " ^8 y6 D2 Y3 l$ P; P) Q Apple iCloud: 10,724 8 a- N5 H/ G* E; J# L* \ 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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ) z- Q$ U4 C: M4 `公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 + j" l+ R3 w4 _' P7 `# X" o4 ?Twitter: 4,445 # O, d7 y8 f$ O7 @" Y' X
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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?% g2 J" h4 d4 s
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 3 u7 c- m. X9 s" N6 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; \' V- B8 I( g/ W: b5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. + Y) y3 A. X4 H' Q# M- mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.76( V8 t! V) K1 G* w
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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. 5 R8 `6 g9 e: \' ?; E: M- C公仔箱論壇" a* z3 w0 \7 `" N
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.4 z2 Y" t/ l4 T. N1 _0 @4 m
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