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 0 Z' ^0 d( a# A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。0 H u" K4 k& Y# h6 A4 K
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇; b" z* M" J0 q
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes/ M/ J2 y# f, C( | k# n u
/ q& X5 ]; L4 J& p3 G# n' D! `/ h5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner . x6 n5 P1 A R3 T % U$ t1 v8 N& d/ f* c公仔箱論壇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. 4 a0 o- W+ [: i: K& I 0 [8 [9 f4 V9 T' u) F7 J/ U公仔箱論壇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. $ V' ?& A: | x( r公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇+ b: s! m! D$ F4 z& O- N
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ F! c. j' M; D5 j
公仔箱論壇0 Q% a/ H& u# k: ^/ i: N1 _ ' Z# K# C7 M) E. g公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ' {! d7 F# X7 [2 }* D/ g- t- a5.39.217.76) L8 l9 X7 L+ e" c! A. Y
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 0 O q5 Z0 c1 H3 V7 y" Q- i- V公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇8 U$ `( u9 n& i2 y% W5 a
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' |2 E2 E' K% _# }& e
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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. 2 ~9 b% S# D& s3 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇6 O7 d; { \4 p/ o
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 5 l8 b- w8 \+ `: Y) y公仔箱論壇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. m. D; j6 P2 S& U# f2 h公仔箱論壇5 Q3 X) c/ W" `0 l+ Q7 H
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,bttvb9 R. M, U, L, a4 }( \0 l
0 r( \+ c+ u/ X) E& k" C7 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.$ h3 x2 X7 \% f( ]' g
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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 Q' ?' c; p5 r) L ' D' O! D) F' v' g: ~+ H5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ B) N' Y3 l; F# ]9 G; X9 Y( ^
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 6 _5 r/ L- {+ u; X2 I" Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& b! a9 \+ M8 I- G tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 U* P P. V) _& e1 p0 y6 \
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇: ^' K0 f. \% ~' k* p5 J
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.767 z8 r l# c+ x3 n5 U* ]
% t( ]2 Q- \ w: T# E- P* D2 z5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS - {+ l; K/ {7 O7 e5 v# ~& IPaypal: 36,275 2 R3 Z- C( i1 K7 D: n+ P1 |' e公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ! y- _7 v( s" ~: D( ~5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 h$ r2 T! ?1 S. E5 zMacbeth: 18,110 4 s3 ?! A4 x2 {' c$ E公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76( Z( s7 A1 e) F' b Apple iOS 5: 13,366 " h3 S$ `: a; v# ^3 d' R! ]; KFacebook: 11,195 * j' g1 N8 p8 L) Y3 @' B: W Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ! U' b0 {, g- ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 . L. W0 ]. o: R) Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 . n) T- X& F7 v" z+ T+ @ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 e4 r: m7 [6 R- CTwitter: 4,445 . {4 M1 }9 ]( P8 b3 o" z公仔箱論壇/ e9 @* j. R+ Y4 z @3 `# M8 ~
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? $ d* t4 W4 s" H1 h4 ]4 ]: e9 Ztvb 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 b9 @7 [% Q# d3 G; ?
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.4 y1 U; n: a' z9 _# j9 ~+ t6 f
" m7 O# M2 G/ N" r1 k; u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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 D* j$ [" N; D/ m- ^8 u1 @7 w$ q
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? , A- N# O& a2 Y5 D8 s9 |$ }# E, f0 B) R2 Y. I; l
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./ l$ ?! {$ i# n: X$ {2 @
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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+ K. |! E0 Z! m, P公仔箱論壇 . T; i" @! l# ^) q1 O5 S/ ~6 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
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