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* x4 F) q, F& J( W. G
8 q% f& D, p: `6 S# yWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ' Z9 R' n/ a9 r) |; vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes " _2 E) {* m0 O5 STVBNOW 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 U7 h6 K+ a7 f. a# xBy Tom Gardner5.39.217.762 k, {, d* @- r% d
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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 z _; j6 N" l% i) r! H, Q, s: P8 j: ~7 d! l0 I
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.公仔箱論壇. x. W1 N% Q* X- T2 f
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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.5.39.217.76) L2 N. D6 |# H( k \7 w4 P& Z* o
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! R# Q6 X8 z" G- k
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ! U5 q9 U! G. _+ m' i$ w( Q: e( G 1 w* |( [ @: q% F& Q9 Q* o! eThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。! n$ S3 w! B$ c) o
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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. $ _/ K9 m, r& D, [# K3 d( f : l3 H/ B5 u- f5 R$ l4 D) ]‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’/ a9 s' V7 d, A
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. , t3 K# [* w2 i. |5 w 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。公仔箱論壇8 [: N$ J6 @& o9 C# `
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.$ \7 u8 H, v1 B& f
' [* C4 i- B- }- XIt 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. 2 f" n& o! `, S3 ?/ c; o- J3 p公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇7 J6 w4 n7 S7 n2 {, J* B
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. 9 }; A) w1 t" z ) Z7 y2 L2 L# d" n$ ]- O0 _ : F" C, Z# |3 A7 s$ ]Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina / u; [, \& W0 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 `% z7 g8 `. z2 F" @7 a( `: I 4 D2 z3 [+ a: j' p. \1 N
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76, {9 @5 Q& k. \: L) |2 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。$ u( x' \# }2 c 8 _. B' q9 C( Z公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.761 G* d5 Q: P7 t: I
, t/ l. p+ V% _& x! Y* O$ YA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 6 E$ s* o2 V3 j ?8 e5 B- H5 `4 _Paypal: 36,275 4 T8 x# m1 j7 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。Hamlet: 30,066 ' P% B+ D: k& ?- N0 i0 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 0 r: A+ M! y- D% w9 t8 X c; z Macbeth: 18,110 / J& L( ]3 j+ C7 X8 ]- t Windows Live: 14,714 % y0 J. m) M, z+ [* n Apple iOS 5: 13,366 0 H- S: @% S! F* U5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76+ d3 U1 p X# H6 C# v* q Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 9 p" M, w) n) p Apple iCloud: 10,724 : s+ ~1 M% [ q; S0 ^5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 * ^ {& u, h# d! g' T5 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.76' ]' c$ t L9 O( E! S) R Twitter: 4,445 : P" |/ H6 c+ k5 U# }* X公仔箱論壇2 Y- n" \1 F& C
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? M' j6 ~9 b6 A + W' D7 Q2 r) @# Z! Y+ K( M3 nTVBNOW 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) z2 _' @" Y! C. K
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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.+ d2 v: J/ e2 D/ y9 i# B, ]; f' k
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? : v$ X8 p0 ~ D4 p1 u5.39.217.76 7 J5 l3 X. w. Y6 w4 h" y1 m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. ( Y$ z; C/ R% u. ^; Y2 g5.39.217.76 % H8 |7 ?2 d% K- i/ m& [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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. / k7 j7 f3 N% c& F. [2 ]" d( v 9 x- n# ^& `- p: JTVBNOW 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。
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