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- u i# ^9 _) {9 l' s0 Z
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 9 F& n+ k' X) t2 `5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes * u. d; N( m( q+ e$ F' y% 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。5.39.217.76' V+ C2 `( S! H0 {% r( b
By Tom Gardner : `8 h: {; @! t+ Q0 p k5.39.217.76 2 j1 e F$ u7 |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。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. ( U4 S8 a) l3 v" A3 H) W9 z# \, c9 VTVBNOW 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 v: w6 m" s' i1 G: F- C( @5 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. T: s" v% E' T2 e
4 r) p! ]% t& M) }# |# i8 t公仔箱論壇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.- o# }7 ^& D- y$ p, k5 d) C( F* U
9 {# j9 t! C* N) m . ~9 R$ n6 ~" l% t1 V公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ; C1 ?# v! t% p" Z ?5 L! t公仔箱論壇 . c3 d. ^7 W4 w4 M+ O公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇7 h+ B7 P' G1 A3 m- s
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! w" B) T4 B+ X8 X+ D- g, T8 B
. } C/ _+ v1 _, V& \! W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.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。% W' i. \1 n+ m- h6 V/ e8 {
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ) h: U& @% M I0 \* O$ 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。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.; H3 q8 F! K$ Q; g* m1 o
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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. . V3 R- A8 v' P) c' [' @+ k公仔箱論壇 % }$ r/ @& J( w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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 w" T, M( u1 ]: w1 U0 J
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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. 6 u+ S/ a; H# L4 k1 M5.39.217.761 [( j( }7 C7 @! d) l7 n' L- R * ^ ~2 x: _- ?; v" S' q: c5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 6 D& j* d: U% F5 J $ ~& {( Q4 @& H) [4 {公仔箱論壇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。 X/ O P6 y# z* y) O) \) ?4 H: t
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 S+ Z1 C3 q" U& A
+ k& `% {# z7 L8 g- @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / V9 m/ G) j2 l" Q6 JWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 1 @! x! o; F' M: ]+ d1 _+ r 5 V* G4 j5 V) Q" x6 V公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS s8 k3 o5 e$ r) _, K% Q" r公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇; q4 e/ y/ T+ Q) p6 u/ [ Hamlet: 30,066 ! L: q% b* z+ d$ Z0 i+ Y2 ] Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; {- Y/ r. S5 s Macbeth: 18,110 , J2 h6 B' n( H t( K; a3 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 ! F( a( Z) {0 t7 W7 F. r+ D- L; {6 u5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ( k) f; \9 G6 E Facebook: 11,195 }. M3 x, W( F) k2 g公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.766 Y+ H( @$ o# R Apple iCloud: 10,724 % u8 l2 b5 J- K6 z公仔箱論壇Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ( }$ j# ?2 R6 b/ O! ~ `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇- W. Q& N! `" M- A5 T% C+ o% b Twitter: 4,445 ; m5 u. G7 D4 N- I! M8 S6 V; z7 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ) a0 a" w8 g( 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。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?5.39.217.76' ^+ ?, B0 k3 b8 f. E/ H! r
4 e) a) s8 e) h5 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇, ]9 Q) A' R9 E. S+ d# L8 S
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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. . j1 W1 f& a/ I/ J/ l公仔箱論壇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- h+ T! l' a) f, G: f) [+ Y1 H( W; D
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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.5.39.217.767 }" q" f/ S% k3 o+ S
) D- \7 ] ~# oWhile 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. " A1 O0 J7 ^4 [! o: n) q 0 d9 J% @* @9 y2 N
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