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 Macbeth5.39.217.76. C6 q' D3 z/ P5 {7 O
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * _$ H, x4 M2 \* ~2 u2 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* E! O& f# t& V
9 Z' D4 p: f, W/ t! d# L7 I3 ]% [公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner ! F! i6 Y! v1 T1 u6 z2 y' t公仔箱論壇; ~3 ?) c/ b9 G3 v9 r
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。$ [9 K7 t( h( t
5 A6 L' I; F, l9 C1 E( `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.* M9 r9 M* U( K: n/ 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.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。7 f2 ^( d8 M' V ]
! [9 L/ f% ^7 e; u2 L3 q , S- ~- g m4 s1 r: R* X' j1 O0 e, ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet: P3 g8 [: D8 h5 H* Q! A& d
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 9 K+ C; b" k* v l& [公仔箱論壇5 g8 d1 I: P+ Y4 Q- [+ [ V
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇; R' b, i- _2 R8 b; y
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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., V6 V/ i5 T/ s( |- a
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ * K- H+ [* X; K- s9 Y) n/ b3 qAmazon, 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. 9 p9 X; g; z% ?! ^ 8 O2 D' |( Q( O CThe 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 c7 d4 t7 ]# B公仔箱論壇 / ~* v; E1 L+ `# E% p. ~; k公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇2 r8 B( g$ t9 n
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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.- O, R$ ~8 e" j
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina - F& s0 z( V+ N" ~' |6 u1 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* b* |, t. m% |- j, ?" c6 y: n 6 M: X; r0 j& u1 d; p0 s6 H" c/ B& pTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet % u3 v4 N( J0 Q7 ^/ D5 b 2 l9 p# C! \9 h. f- _; o : {- N1 B9 Y0 h% l$ `Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76) O; q% q2 H" h( O
3 u( y* C' k+ v& gA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " F3 y% }6 B& m' E$ SPaypal: 36,275 8 l5 J0 o& [( m/ V/ Y" w公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 L% j. M# b d7 K! Y8 ] ]8 |7 D Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 g. @8 s1 q. |7 x: l% |Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; }9 ]: J" v) S Windows Live: 14,714 * N8 A. y4 n& m3 t- D1 r公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 * C6 r- t+ G: }/ Y3 i( o公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 & `2 _/ y; X% j3 M Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 2 s" \' \6 F6 r8 X- Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 ) r7 t) e* B2 {- f( B' L Amazon Kindle: 7,115 $ _$ }+ _" T) J% ` q, `! y' F Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 2 m1 c& E7 ]/ c. ?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。Twitter: 4,445 5 q8 }/ v4 u6 D1 S
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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? ) |* C% r* Y/ b; Z ; H: y6 f2 y* B4 gFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.8 l+ G- G" |1 K: g6 d; y. U- V
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. + V# c; V7 u( w- QOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 8 q$ I# i; Y/ ~- j$ u- l& _ : V1 N7 _/ i" Q1 L: }: G3 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。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./ x2 c J3 F" f9 V+ ^1 M, L
. q' p8 m$ X; Y% m ~. w5.39.217.76While 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.. h/ M# v& \1 |) y# X0 Y
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