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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" G* Y2 j. K0 A
) \" d r# c: t- {" q, J5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long & G9 t T+ ?2 n4 {$ b公仔箱論壇Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes) Y: F7 T* j* r
) o8 n1 \) j% v2 F6 w0 p公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner 7 H4 I) @4 V. Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 t+ Q. I) S! V5 Q" n
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.9 L4 O& F2 ?+ o! c
8 M4 l& w6 d: X# M! g* P0 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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% }$ X, G" l W5 Z0 w. J
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ p( F4 t( i5 Y; x7 u
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet- t L0 X1 Z: Z8 q, O
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ! J0 N p I' R8 W) T* s$ {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' F! ]6 L; L4 Y公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. J K! R* B" i! g. ^6 y" a ; F! o& _( h, A; E6 \) l" g公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇& }2 s7 Y: n" H% g: q
/ ~$ l5 Y% V; E9 J W7 o5 y# \‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 8 ~0 [! c# S+ ITVBNOW 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, 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. 3 e" L: p! r# F5 `5.39.217.76 4 E6 H' j1 P$ b5 H& m+ |% e5.39.217.76The 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.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 p9 o6 M. J a, H2 t6 E
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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.5.39.217.76; x2 }. g C5 W' K+ h
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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.. ~( _# N# A Q7 s( I% \
/ i' X6 B5 Q) p xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 4 P4 ^& j ~/ _) r# F( ^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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ( K- c, y9 X! K; H5.39.217.76 5 l, E5 Q( | p; m7 |" A公仔箱論壇! J }7 A7 B$ @- o' _) q* ^
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet : B; {: Y9 W* g9 tTVBNOW 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 r. N4 O6 Y: ]3 [ X4 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb m# o! k9 ^7 P. p4 w' I/ atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words! N8 m. D3 n. H
5 H& s! c( s2 }% g$ WTVBNOW 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。A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS . H- r. ]+ k- H0 J7 E; uPaypal: 36,275 + Z/ T( T- F1 s% ^* F! d% b( F" m5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 " m9 \) n3 |, ]8 K4 mTVBNOW 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 $ Z2 M3 }( \! \Macbeth: 18,110 ' e% L- I7 W, b9 ^+ s _! |! aWindows Live: 14,714 7 D8 @9 D6 d2 v: Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 6 {0 q( o$ c4 b2 D' BFacebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 N, O) X& L9 D# z Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇+ |3 u: j+ h) m i Apple iCloud: 10,724 % Y9 d: L9 R. a) _7 A$ Y1 j Amazon Kindle: 7,115 , D1 g6 u7 Q; f; d7 xAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 . Q) Y! @4 }+ kTwitter: 4,445 ( p7 ^" i& c: xTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76+ |7 q% N0 @8 ^2 h
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?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。 h, @0 W# H; g5 h4 c# o% i
" K+ ~# A- z V) l# |& y2 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 9 v0 n! H2 e% m& d$ KTVBNOW 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 M" q. F* `+ Z, j, D
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. # e8 W1 k9 w7 Z2 @3 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?) d- a! t" U* _
5 v: ?7 B, Y, W4 M5 v0 N公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76+ g; S. m# m9 m6 i5 K) n0 G
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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. " r$ P5 T1 j8 `# B5.39.217.760 }" y* `+ [3 l
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