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 Macbeth3 {2 Z0 k5 a* p8 ~# b
- G$ n7 U8 H5 F: R* f7 h' N, rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . `( F$ r" I9 k2 o$ ]8 o! |
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb h+ A5 r( X2 y- u3 z H
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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.% Y, F5 F. U2 y h
5 F- i$ p- l8 H. v; h `* 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. 2 M. V5 t4 G) H8 H5 [/ r, j公仔箱論壇 ) o. X& T2 S8 J& `0 ZTVBNOW 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。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. 2 X: n/ |5 ` o. p) Z* @, `公仔箱論壇 ' p& e) d9 L1 u% v, N公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ?( N+ D# g. x( v7 Q! h' f. ~
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet % K3 [) ^9 p2 d- E+ {2 S, I7 G) m 1 T3 ~2 T4 j! a, R& y- |8 u( W& C% QLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5 J& R: ]! ~% M, ?! ^! Y" A2 v- T公仔箱論壇 * A8 T( o K, }! ?) hThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 9 E( H1 n4 D4 M3 o3 J0 g9 x0 y. E. T* J
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. 4 g) ? o- @. a' u9 m( Q- {9 h/ pTVBNOW 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。 + K; X! H" {# j4 H5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 1 P2 L$ l3 p' y/ l) X9 oAmazon, 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.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。- V1 ^! r/ \: E
8 \& a1 w4 }- x, ~! _公仔箱論壇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. 2 ]; s. @- x2 \$ A" s& a" uTVBNOW 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% G, a" _: |1 h4 J9 i公仔箱論壇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. ! q2 ~7 ]* g# H7 r7 ]* n& X% D/ r+ 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。/ m9 W! S5 I: k' |5 L( ]# |
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./ L6 G1 M! i- `0 q/ m+ b$ U
* p! v3 u; e% B- W- w$ Z5.39.217.76 6 j) C3 n0 i7 z$ k) c1 LFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina . X( z: R' c2 |; V/ b0 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . A( X: L+ B$ |0 {( HTVBNOW 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。 ! o, x1 j/ p# V+ c, ^' |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。Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's 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。$ ^' F. T- i2 F: U+ v& s6 C! A( U j4 j4 W
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。& L! i6 v7 ~" v3 z7 @' d! Z/ } % ?0 n) U: {* D) z3 M' D. G kWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words . w+ P# X# S8 |+ ?* [5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇0 z6 R9 F' R8 U3 o# T/ l6 O A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, V( B+ o- K; I+ z6 B7 H7 ] Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 O9 Q; Z2 \; g+ k+ m$ j, B" | Hamlet: 30,066 ; e" E# t2 A; S6 i6 g Apple iTunes: 19,972 * H- q+ G. ~2 h# ^3 g) @3 x! V Macbeth: 18,110 : |1 X& A7 ?+ B8 D! 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。Windows Live: 14,714 : p. c- T Y \+ g$ w0 c" m& E; x& u Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ) S3 R1 I) m- `+ N5 N9 p( n2 p" J/ BFacebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇5 [$ m: g% p! q/ h' G" O) d Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 $ ^4 V2 n6 z! Z3 o& ^+ ?公仔箱論壇Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ d% g; o! D: Z8 c( ` Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) w Z1 G& j! m/ c Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 3 G) O" ^! B) Q: q- ~6 b5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 3 }: @: M9 H. F [) m公仔箱論壇 |) i, M3 H* K4 z$ ?- P R9 c5.39.217.76Apple’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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! O5 D& |+ C6 ~' z. g
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇+ Q. C# E- i0 D. u$ B0 L
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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. " g* \, U0 {0 P7 cOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 4 s& D: }( |- p. P# M2 o$ Q$ m( 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。" K; f& Q5 r' K7 f$ v
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. a% G1 H( O7 w C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。5 h. s) }5 o X& ]
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. 2 G$ i' s) H+ k; K# e$ m( e公仔箱論壇 . f" L2 h( x/ y4 Q, I3 D5.39.217.76
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