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 Macbeth5.39.217.767 ~9 h8 w" C7 d% c' c+ k
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ! n7 R" D* M( q; P+ l/ n# c5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 2 ]! _* Z8 N* o9 b; F/ `: `+ M% t5.39.217.76 , X. r y) A; @, K& b2 G! A9 B5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner - \: {' ?( E( ?8 o: @( c5.39.217.767 z- ^- ]- b# R, [5 H z6 y5 `. M
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。$ T" d, }3 \ N0 C/ O# ~- \
$ y0 M3 d- b& D) ]6 c: k! q8 E: pTVBNOW 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。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. 6 C3 V! B: ?6 J% r0 e& m' |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。: v5 U0 ?2 G, @0 n4 a( m7 J5 A' L- \
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. 0 G5 L" J' g9 o; p* Z* ^4 \4 D& h8 T公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. c: n" P m$ z5 B" E3 N : K# e4 ~. C- c$ {( C2 v5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇! t3 d* H3 f" J& j7 m( [
: M! q1 Y4 e) C. M8 V# X4 |& `5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. + f7 }6 A; o& t公仔箱論壇 ( s7 A$ J5 j/ e! ^& A( e公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.. s4 l+ P! M, W; C( a, V+ r0 |
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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. ! O- N+ Y+ j; x9 P$ ?6 b, p- h9 ]; `' P. l4 E
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ , |4 O0 N/ n, L. B) R) o; d' Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. 0 Z0 f# Y2 ]; ^& }. Y3 Q5 o6 t ; p& y; C6 j& z& S/ a' vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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,bttvb0 {' E- v- V/ h/ R* o, E
/ p5 x; o) S% o0 ~* A* I& RIt 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 O. Z/ k, q( d" f" w& R( ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。0 d+ e) l" Y- k/ J% {2 B' |. l3 ~2 p
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,bttvb4 n0 j/ f5 j* s
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ! Y9 q* w: J; f7 u" c( Z0 S公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇/ Y6 O0 Z0 I( o7 j+ ]+ \ 4 s1 l. [. [# @1 `# Z ]; m0 FTVBNOW 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。Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet - r* H. G, \/ 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。& R4 {/ o3 \5 ^0 g * w( W' p. f$ p% g5 [' Z7 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words + ?* F' S; T4 D& ]" l! s& I! W公仔箱論壇* K3 h1 ], I" J {& k A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇8 K r- g8 b0 K$ G# J" L7 O Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& r: R2 T, C3 A K9 W2 R: D9 ^1 W Hamlet: 30,066 @. K* e8 x% q- ]! r N3 g公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 l7 @# M7 v. g. u5 y3 u6 {$ ` Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇5 ^$ ^+ T9 L# b# q0 `& l Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 ]1 p1 c0 p3 [8 W6 v Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.76# \1 e& ~5 u" N# N! t5 K8 }; \ Facebook: 11,195 ! }$ ?% S% C8 ` Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇7 p6 n5 |1 N- S& ]+ P& r1 ` Apple iCloud: 10,724 ( N( F8 I- f8 H6 f1 K( B1 `7 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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 * d S* H% R$ qAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 1 J2 Z+ T5 a: w* W# J1 Q6 zTwitter: 4,445 k" G' k% H; c; B6 @6 T 3 B }* q& W( p/ ^ }5.39.217.76Apple’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? , S, Z+ M, H; W7 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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。& W/ [% |7 }: w+ J: L
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. : w. o5 r& _# pTVBNOW 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。 # _) p; Z6 S; }0 F& ]7 D5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.& f2 o* U% _( j$ O
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.76% l$ V+ _) q0 H) I
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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. $ ^6 ?4 a$ h5 i " G2 ?- @0 C8 W& P+ P4 J5.39.217.76While 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. ' f. w0 S' f" t# A' ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' r- V- q0 H& B6 M. O0 E5 G6 p
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