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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 H) d0 H+ |/ V6 H0 X3 r$ L) C. A
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long s3 L% N4 v+ e2 C: v5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇5 @5 b) a* D. z" ^
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By Tom Gardner * g4 T, z/ b1 M* q0 M( Y公仔箱論壇 3 h: S. S8 _: KA 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. & v0 r0 Y2 c2 F: W/ C F% q1 \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。 8 v+ R. g. N* d* ]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. z' A) y* K7 y& \* w' e9 tTVBNOW 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。 , T4 M& W2 ~ O7 ~# d, _. O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. * M5 R5 a6 t9 I& c0 O# A+ j) i 8 ^9 }* k2 K7 G. R5.39.217.76 ( n7 m& n' V `5 O. T) {& _+ A2 I7 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 8 P6 J4 ]/ V3 A4 O9 ~' {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 T% d$ k+ _% |: d) q- rLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ( M; `" N; |+ G' l
! W% {5 n5 S& H) W5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. + a. x. K% {& O6 l& H: x( [1 d+ |- ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 p. |% h3 B! m8 G4 Z" ]: ~/ G9 v# `# |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 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 h2 g( J* X6 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。5.39.217.763 P# ?0 t$ x: `2 X
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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 r/ s* k3 |. q1 \8 v. D: ~# 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. % X* p; ]2 }9 W7 K$ l8 k. w. z 2 l$ _9 O# P* Z: J' ?% ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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. - o+ s) q3 }# h" g5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。$ K9 N3 p, V9 z) m
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. 7 Q& J( i9 o1 ^! p' \ ' C& u# H2 P7 @* `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.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。' t" } L& ^1 L
1 |- W$ g# t/ |+ z" q G+ P/ @+ V" ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - d! P) B3 w9 i% e, |4 V u/ M公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.764 O/ l5 K- [3 c. m
9 Q* S1 ^; O3 R& R7 _+ {! ]9 q 7 o6 O* O/ a9 g* @4 q( eTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 1 a g7 i0 I4 l; ]( t / _, x4 b2 `4 @) h" l9 h3 Q' M# u4 cTVBNOW 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。 % q3 |1 C, A7 q2 ^+ G公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words & A" {2 N: y; R+ y$ H$ w + H M+ j+ j/ J9 \# A公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS9 x0 G6 L% o! A- J* i2 I- L Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇# V; C0 [9 g% R* c, g Hamlet: 30,066 , C) [, d" t# _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 $ a( `" a1 g, {. m4 d$ M公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇' l5 c6 c, F" q; w: p Z9 n Windows Live: 14,714 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。% R2 n$ A9 l, m8 C4 Q' J Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ; W; r$ t' `2 Z4 X Facebook: 11,195 , l: o3 F8 |, d) x1 ]. J% B公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 + b* g' C/ ?' e! W8 u4 y公仔箱論壇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。2 z5 {' G4 e0 N, `! o Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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/ l4 a! M" q0 ]) M" v/ W! z9 C Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 * E' t7 m( B7 z7 }* [. M' k$ N Twitter: 4,445 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 }( c" H8 E, H/ D. t
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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? , x/ {: r. [9 P + J: w9 A1 l) {+ c. g1 w- j; t7 j5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through., @9 E' L; s2 v( M
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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.$ ]4 d! Y3 ^0 J' |
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 L J2 J. H$ L! U, q. A
3 _2 Y) L" T1 k( u1 p公仔箱論壇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. + S. m- g5 g" N$ [" R( Z( wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 S3 e9 s$ G7 i7 P& h2 T
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. $ g. K8 G; t7 O8 w5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 B" G, m& h) G
