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/ v p8 ?, ]! f4 C! ?) Z# s* u: ~" _% L7 g
( P7 M, d3 E/ [* l% }. [Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5 Z$ [/ B% P; e3 g bTVBNOW 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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes; T; d+ u) o4 K7 |1 D0 U1 O& @
9 [) G5 E3 K! M: c) N7 m1 z公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇# S$ X' ?5 n5 U6 N3 U- @# o
5 t g7 N2 r7 g9 g5.39.217.76A 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. 3 l* N2 r% J8 x) ~$ l' R' V- T 5 \5 y% c7 Y, D$ ]' A" O8 C% T% [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. ' p ^) P; v1 w7 A* S: i5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇. d+ l, e8 i, E! P9 w
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.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。5 @' P, Z' N, E- M9 Q
/ U( C6 Q' z4 T+ p ) w7 V E% u: T3 c9 p! c! O- r+ [! ]Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet* h/ m- N7 R) B3 S) L4 \
( N- g! ~4 B& L0 z8 f; D+ ^5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5.39.217.76% k n# g2 R/ l3 O& N% l, z* @4 b
" D' Z# |( \6 K/ xThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.9 G: C, f( @/ d( X* B$ J1 e1 g! [
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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.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。# T# x" Z. Q* E4 C. d+ F6 {
# ~7 K* j% V; ?- K1 M‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ , g* A$ w8 m2 Q9 X3 f, eAmazon, 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. ) w; E$ A: F: i4 T ^9 C' S公仔箱論壇' ]) j* r7 v7 c/ o1 d) |
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. # C( H* ]4 S, c1 ?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 |: d+ x- `# EIt 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. : e7 Y; _2 [' z公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76; Q V) ^# a1 }8 I% Z: L
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& K1 C0 O5 E( c( Z% Q8 N) }
% c: k. J& Z1 D/ k8 z% J9 t# F; uTVBNOW 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。 k3 D* n2 W2 x9 ~" s5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina $ F3 ~4 y+ x2 |- Y. T) {/ _" `9 B" c- 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。公仔箱論壇; j4 }# N' k, _. S 2 m& ^. t! l H, _Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet $ Z! _& }0 m( e7 b+ K4 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 6 v7 A4 z; D3 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。 / u. @2 v0 X- `" Z2 aWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words' S2 ]: \* `5 }4 A& {/ F
' q- A; B e' VA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 3 j& [# v6 c3 g+ g6 ?* `Paypal: 36,275 ( {, X/ |# I/ _4 N9 ?! c {公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 \5 u5 W5 [% r" U: [6 ZApple iTunes: 19,972 / \! w( U+ [- Z. y; AMacbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 L- m) |% E8 I8 ` Windows Live: 14,714 ( Z, E. P; M3 \. X: a# tApple 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。4 g6 f" d. E4 Z+ X- x" z' Q2 I) B6 j Facebook: 11,195 & b9 Z+ x4 D/ ]% @6 F C公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇 E& ^4 m7 z5 ~2 m+ P3 i Apple iCloud: 10,724 % v8 x# L0 |8 x2 x% W u2 I Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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。* ]3 q, A$ ]( F Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.765 f) q! a/ c. A% \% K Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.764 p; D1 P9 G9 C* l- Y# l
) i$ l3 Z2 O+ @5 k7 g2 d: r! wApple’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? ) {0 A6 S B# i% F+ a! x , t1 i0 [0 _9 t3 b$ @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. ' t4 j: z3 H7 l% E" [. BTVBNOW 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 V4 c, h( R1 H- ]) I8 l wAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. % v0 B: O6 J8 { @% a+ S1 q9 U9 P) |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? & \4 O( k3 k( g+ M( F( a5.39.217.76 ! j) Y; r/ M# K! k5 H/ \5.39.217.76This 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0 Q( T e8 o4 T
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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 w( B2 D, v0 s# h, Q0 ^$ [ ( A- b0 U* w/ a6 H* N) O5.39.217.76
