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 Macbeth7 p8 m% V$ [" M& u6 H& K5 W7 J
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 2 H/ \0 n6 m' h. v7 u$ a/ y+ zWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes , n" ^9 [! p8 b4 X1 x公仔箱論壇- A% E j+ e7 w5 G/ E
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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. 7 `, M7 Y# [6 [5.39.217.76 ( x$ y; N O" I1 q6 V# J; a5.39.217.76Which? 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. ) | I; s e- w& ^# x! j5 Z % J9 S# c1 }) lIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. , z7 R3 f/ T, o$ |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。+ _4 N/ \' j- k) C( ^0 v2 p tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 L# S8 |9 k# T; ?
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet & C8 h+ U* a. w6 w8 Q公仔箱論壇 - B3 w" t O9 ^- X8 T0 O7 ?公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) V" w* m5 u7 N0 J1 mTVBNOW 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 j( O8 k# w7 J* k
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! T& H- o! [+ k
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 s$ i1 r9 B% p
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.公仔箱論壇: ]/ j2 M% b% H1 d, b+ r9 m9 r
. u% Q& a; X* D0 |$ u/ R5 WThe 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.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( N0 A* d8 G# c/ U9 U
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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./ S: ` M- U8 j0 {
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ A9 v5 X( r* g8 ^
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇! @: p$ Z2 E' ?0 u* B8 O! v; i
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet - q9 [. h) d: Z5.39.217.76 2 {' m" `7 T# Y/ N/ s0 |5.39.217.76 ! ^. U; F) D J! f! v( oTVBNOW 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words u/ q. r: n' x# G( h \ / y/ u5 H" o" I2 }3 y2 t4 X4 ^A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 0 r0 Q2 {; ]7 DTVBNOW 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。Paypal: 36,275 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。: [ @; q- K- t" W Hamlet: 30,066 9 p; {$ a. X7 ]; O1 R+ G0 cApple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. V( u! t0 Z9 e. K% _% U: s% I6 @ Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) y% R7 H. W' D: Q, B, ]0 | Windows Live: 14,714 6 |- ]' u/ M& m( y, @; D+ R Apple iOS 5: 13,366 $ u+ y7 e" N* A, V0 o Facebook: 11,195 ) H/ i. C7 N1 i5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇4 K+ e# v1 h: ~/ ~9 m# M9 j Apple iCloud: 10,724 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 E8 S9 R2 X0 `4 T* p# {" } Amazon Kindle: 7,115 / d* [* w) n- q6 Y I7 r1 KAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇# K0 K6 u/ U4 ?# U. \ Twitter: 4,445 7 y; ^& I$ S o7 a' ^公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇8 e9 C3 e! H, F1 |
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? : z5 y" Y; T3 n% [1 U, u - M' j# u/ _5 S9 V8 N公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. - s8 W; p0 L. p J2 H% _( R# \! |9 H* T- g; o
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.7 k1 ~$ f- o- I- x0 k
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.766 s! B. ^* G" K
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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.公仔箱論壇3 K$ ^' p3 [: b5 Q5 \8 f" d
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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. 4 s; [! {- F! n" Z/ o) p+ l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。 V. q( w. ? Z
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