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 " T5 ?* Z! n i. I a2 x0 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。 * S6 |5 B) n: L% a: aTVBNOW 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? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 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。+ Z9 z2 L& j1 F: x& i, [1 w
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76; C% |& `) G4 D5 j4 F2 s( w
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1 N/ F$ z. Z+ L! f* s6 ~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. ' |' Z, W4 z& \. A5 Q+ H5.39.217.76 # i8 n+ a% i- A* a( W2 P! F/ BWhich? 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. ! N, o7 F+ k6 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% F2 t. c* b$ ~/ j! p2 r( e, `) k
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.: p: A- K. U. Y$ D
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet * d N: D9 e& N }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇2 X3 R9 }; c1 W3 Q) a; S
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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 Q8 P: l2 e0 w
( N4 G) v* l9 u _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5 b, n& S2 d; u" \( a( U
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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.5.39.217.76' K2 _# d' R7 I4 }8 x# }
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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.- O; i7 t6 f- @5 `# W
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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. " ]6 n1 ^6 u/ U# r# Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇% ^7 H: k1 i2 F z- n! K# r6 t/ M; b
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.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。1 \0 n5 }8 R+ n$ A) @! L9 D
5 ^- t/ w$ `) M% Q2 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. # w7 H) Z: n+ g( `; v % x& o: {0 U! D , K2 k @6 w4 t% @* ]; RFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina' f6 f9 Z7 t! T, P% m2 c+ [
) E( N, ?+ O! ]7 f. Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 C: g5 h5 p/ ?! J: R% l. Y公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet & B8 D: M6 p: ~
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ) m" _4 ^/ D1 h' {公仔箱論壇! b) H6 e! h( [ \ ?+ | A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CSTVBNOW 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。& S+ a6 j! |' Z+ g' K Paypal: 36,275 ' h; S& T K1 a# QTVBNOW 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 W1 u1 ?# E2 A3 u- g0 N7 O2 N2 f Apple iTunes: 19,972 . y7 E* f9 |; A# j5 z! B, H; j公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 - C8 E5 j V% b4 [; A8 `- d9 Y5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇* `8 b' p& Y6 Y) ?0 I* y Apple iOS 5: 13,366 , r1 T% x& P. 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。Facebook: 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。. N+ g0 I9 ~# T Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 + o% y& Z# b# r& X6 d7 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。Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 C) r( \4 D8 Y9 \ Amazon Kindle: 7,115 , E# M& g; B- z" [" N Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , C4 x" t, u: C1 L% G5 t! O8 [ Twitter: 4,445 5 ]4 O( B/ f) m1 Z7 X6 L4 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 o& p7 z2 T( q9 L1 C% Z
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?# ~/ \! p6 U0 U) p' Y, R: p
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76! X ?- V# q. w: K6 o3 ~0 X
9 c3 Z* M: b5 V" C' z6 w5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.( ^9 Q' ~' \0 v; W' m' L
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/ F, j# v7 x# ^4 b
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While 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% _& V+ ^& m - a6 X/ V3 k' f" g% @" a0 s6 t公仔箱論壇
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