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 g* j$ a/ _& [7 f* U) c
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * n. |: y* l7 B, \; b& Z1 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes $ N* r0 x+ @5 d; e" p- Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇2 o$ y$ A. ?+ d
By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇6 w6 M- F. Y% ^. z* ]8 G8 |; B
' }+ x" Z. [2 }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. m7 q3 {' |% r' R1 I6 O7 V: h+ E3 p) X1 d& c* v& g
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.5.39.217.76/ H# \0 o* |8 D, y6 g
8 Q" Z* }- S, j- V5 \$ ZIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.5.39.217.76' m; q7 g4 i }% N
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。. Y$ D0 k# a0 ]( c' \ * e+ O( ^% c: M! w+ u: K- s7 LTVBNOW 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' |( `4 y9 G2 k$ G9 \( L* V , w5 v/ G- N5 x2 K6 R公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. + E( n5 w) F' j" M4 Z' Y8 E" Z
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. $ W3 D1 h7 s) n2 u2 \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。 ; y0 C' l$ _+ c h$ a, O0 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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. 7 z3 i- _9 c/ ~* ~* S, 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。公仔箱論壇$ X, ^3 a6 P: i* `* Z7 e# [
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ , K; G E/ a* r. ]! R3 q$ H5 HAmazon, 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.公仔箱論壇+ x& ^. n N5 c C2 k* Z Y( ?' C1 n- F' u
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- ~: c' m% ~' T" j
% p0 |: z" R2 g# J5 _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. 0 n b" T1 l3 }; s+ v; E公仔箱論壇! E& ]9 H$ \! I6 r! D, G/ \3 f
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.* ~2 Y. k$ \$ Z- c% {3 O
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina; j. {% l4 y7 ^4 J
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ; t3 m3 `5 Z( r ?
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words $ w8 x' r1 @6 u6 |' y6 f 5 N# _" Y& e3 k& k5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS6 c/ _( t2 H8 i# a! p; @" ] Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 p! A6 X* w# g& K3 Z" V Hamlet: 30,066 1 L* I0 \/ m7 p9 @# D1 Y公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' i* h5 y- I. V/ a Macbeth: 18,110 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。: s7 V+ Z+ h# p Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76& {1 Y1 J N$ H. ~# ~0 X Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5 V3 o5 V6 W2 x I& l( q, L5 CFacebook: 11,195 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 \6 H% l) o4 |. [( ]& E Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ f5 u. |& a: I" O8 `/ {6 ~( a Apple iCloud: 10,724 2 c o2 Y+ e1 x) @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。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。5 P3 v% ^5 m V' ^ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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: Q/ I( @9 e1 O- V Twitter: 4,445 2 `9 H5 ]5 Z. C; D
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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? 7 H+ w0 T: x8 n5 \( 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。 ) {5 S( F$ d5 Z6 {, M2 t DTVBNOW 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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。+ I4 c* s" O1 [& m5 P( P: f. ^
9 x5 n- `! R1 D2 t" F2 A公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ; ~5 f3 e( T" p/ b K9 YTVBNOW 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? % ~ h* i3 \# X$ x c( T5.39.217.76 ! y6 J E- J# F$ T. jThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" \3 ~! g3 U0 M" F+ t' E) C5 V8 r
" k) P8 {* C& n+ `# x" m7 I# KWhile 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ c6 d# A C9 i7 i( t% A/ t. S3 L
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