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 & a; @8 ?9 p K P$ j3 n' ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / b" w( ]) E' }2 m) c5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 0 V1 s9 Y( `* V+ v$ [, |1 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76$ P6 a" \9 \6 e/ P3 o. |" ?
5 _ }$ @. T! ?( Q& x5 W+ t5.39.217.76A 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.5.39.217.761 l8 K1 N5 |3 ^4 F- e7 J7 i
- y4 ~2 q5 k; X1 P. m( o# u: c公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.762 W, |8 J; X2 c, w
5 \9 i2 ^) Z. b# {" u8 w% O5.39.217.76It 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,bttvb3 b& t% T: O0 S& \' r, s
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.764 a1 F5 Z7 b% U# k6 Y
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 X1 Q, ^( U: M) O8 C8 ^8 A
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇& [7 P9 M- p6 k) B' @. L0 ?
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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. ; C O8 i0 [. K6 \8 H- F. r4 i8 E公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇2 `- M% I- |" @+ W
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 1 b: ]5 E0 l) Y2 d) t$ t8 Z6 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 n4 h, H$ j8 G$ A
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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. 0 X$ A1 w/ f5 B: T7 L6 D; ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , F. {% m5 r6 j8 p0 _5.39.217.76It 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.; H0 f% R, l* E2 g
; `, j, h* h4 p b. ?1 P) o+ E/ s5.39.217.76Hamlet 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 N E- z0 W; ^6 f' H _) s" M/ O( ]/ [: @6 ]! | . G7 o. L7 p. \+ c' Q& |5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇 g* Y. ?6 k- H1 v: c5 @" E
# N- k! }# E- R P# ~$ \# Y ! p |( Q# }3 ^5 N5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ) }) p5 H" _2 C3 z& `
, ], t& V# c5 C2 j8 g7 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 L6 B1 @& ~; A/ {; G/ U5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordsTVBNOW 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。& I( }) E4 M ^$ F2 Y- \2 F2 j- h
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。 l# X2 z3 E3 v9 u7 L A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇9 a3 x% B# {- }+ A* J9 C+ S Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( N. Z X }4 z2 g2 K Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 J- c* b8 P2 u Y% Q1 Y Apple iTunes: 19,972 " e% ^; f" V" _4 eMacbeth: 18,110 1 t' V4 f( |5 J- P公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 6 n4 w' u0 b) g/ K" s( n, O: }公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 # M. k5 \7 J2 o1 n# o3 j* SFacebook: 11,195 + D8 K( D6 y- G( X* F6 q4 c$ qTVBNOW 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。Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇# o l+ g" W I' i" u* T Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ h4 `8 n" u+ l7 ^0 |- j5 k Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76, ^8 q1 U# P$ A1 R: s Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.76. N8 W. K9 t+ M) V U7 R/ f Twitter: 4,445 # e; X# Y# F! ~& ^& r5.39.217.76 ! S/ s; V) ]9 C: L& ?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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& Y3 {. K% e* O
) I& y9 E( a: ~For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.( U0 s# p4 S, {* x
2 X! f+ B3 X) V) OAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.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。/ J. u% \% ~! x8 A) [: b: i' X
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? * x) Y6 d7 |) o1 E* O/ T公仔箱論壇 & J, r) k5 A& f% U: G+ gThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. 2 ]* j* k- k0 ?2 r! n7 U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。4 w5 l$ y7 S& c2 ]7 `5 W1 M
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. " \0 f0 c6 n- \ r9 c; x4 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 4 C9 y" @" D: u8 e, ^6 T! ~: r
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