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 8 ]! n7 d* E; Q; X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。4 I3 T8 T* i% f
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ Z+ b s: X: a4 P0 G5 N. a+ B
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ' a- \3 M5 c8 H. D8 ]* y; r9 `# A% b5 P1 X( D9 T8 p
By Tom Gardner 4 ?3 B& S4 p4 L: {0 ^6 i5.39.217.76( U: ` ?/ s! P8 Y2 V0 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.5.39.217.76! i8 F3 ?& _) o# S- a- p- N
9 d. g% k" k, u4 N5.39.217.76Which? 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.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。3 n. {3 _5 v4 t0 V) O8 Q
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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- H. e8 s7 F7 w4 J( d6 A8 o, Q% B* x p- B( z 9 I5 J% T0 B/ p7 a0 u9 G' q+ p
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 i: r$ c/ E9 q4 S& X7 }
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) ^ ?. o) o4 x5 ^
, ]; l+ c4 d4 ~! b% X/ S, Z" rThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇; f" n$ ~/ T( _. i5 k3 J8 N8 o
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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. 7 h; j1 d; j2 U5.39.217.76 , { H. h3 z9 K5 a3 X5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; x, F$ m" `; i6 F7 I& U
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) a( ^& |3 Q6 {6 A5 x
! k8 @! x7 z; t+ m i7 [* b( Y8 p. vThe 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. 1 j7 u7 O2 @- E% \& Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇/ `/ r- l* G* q7 |4 q$ r% B! J0 F
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. # f- ~& N$ C& b" H5.39.217.76 * q1 f" ~8 K3 b" lHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. 3 q; L9 H; ?( J2 A: 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ ?3 j* N* Z6 ]9 Z) f7 b8 j T; ^* c D1 ^! U公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 0 }9 t/ z6 g% X# G; 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。* a- C4 h' s5 I0 L3 R2 S8 K & A+ O; I+ y F+ ]0 L: ^% u公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5 X* X" r! i; C9 N9 i1 _ & }' h$ {7 z% B2 r" 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。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。+ X7 M4 z. V* G, V. c
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 1 P5 S& g: S! f3 Y : o; M, D8 R) jTVBNOW 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 TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS - e/ ^" Y" ^# C5 v/ s9 yPaypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 a9 J3 o _3 v% D0 F+ E; _* n Hamlet: 30,066 2 M9 e6 K# u/ _. J0 y2 G: R- J Apple iTunes: 19,972 4 Z" ?. H3 P: E; R8 k6 `1 d7 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 `& [- f4 s8 r; _7 I7 jWindows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& N0 |/ [' V0 n3 |. S0 j4 Y Apple iOS 5: 13,366 & R- \4 U! p1 s$ Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇9 l) P5 l( ~' N. H# n1 N" z- R Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。$ O3 h. Z6 P: E Apple iCloud: 10,724 * A- M' U' N% r$ w( M' X Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 S8 x4 l+ T8 l& ^; |3 V7 T% _ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ) @. Z, @0 }; ~Twitter: 4,445 3 j/ \6 `) P/ i* m5 u& I$ z: F5.39.217.76 ' X0 y' B# w1 A$ M: D: C/ [( AApple’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? ( W! _& c9 Z( ^' J) D6 g5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. o7 I. f1 H: I# S2 ~" D- X
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。! z. ]0 m# h5 M! W& e% S) k
0 ~) A+ s/ c% [) i/ _And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. , ^& p5 z5 q( }# _4 }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? * K. X5 A- b8 W( _9 Z- t3 e: _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 H' {1 Z! S* v. i; r, e5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. : }$ z- _6 N* E. ?7 H: |! A& wTVBNOW 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- I2 S; r9 M% p; h6 u/ YWhile 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.5.39.217.76$ H, y8 a* _% S
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