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. T5 W, l9 y, S4 ]- R Z3 }# y
0 v$ E' ~# T; x- N, h7 }6 ?% 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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 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。) w1 c/ B! k* ?* O2 @
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 1 [ [# f o3 J( h% z公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* B$ S+ J# b9 `2 P2 p" ]1 ]: c
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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. ' i! e0 m8 m# U 4 c8 l# [5 [/ M, LWhich? 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.8 `" ^- ^- H9 P
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& g3 b7 X' {& j0 W1 O# g
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 0 Y5 u' y5 M- d' 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。 9 Z: A1 {+ H+ H8 F6 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) o3 R1 Y( C+ z6 M9 `
, M1 `' `; \% p% O2 wThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 0 K6 G j4 A3 e0 N; ^: I+ y& w; @7 y9 @+ {
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. / M4 `1 t9 m5 V! {6 y( F7 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 Q" I9 k5 i. ~
‘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。: N$ ~% x8 ]7 @$ r, B; q3 ?
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/ ~* F* X k# T3 ~; X4 g; _& G
~1 z/ Q: h- C$ CThe 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. $ E; w" B, Q0 d J公仔箱論壇1 T/ a( y0 S$ }# [ U
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. ! O; ]2 i6 O. J5.39.217.765.39.217.76% j: P* m5 e1 O# |' u2 K# G
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。7 b: y6 ^, X- }) s5 H9 M9 T7 ~
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina . X% x8 |# N- i4 P$ k8 U- y公仔箱論壇 % X3 ^- o$ p1 _2 \2 ?+ Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : d: r' h& ^4 dTragedy: 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。: g; Z. k. V: Z4 ^/ O
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words( I# w, u+ I0 c7 b+ G4 F
5.39.217.767 a/ {# n* q" u! _: N/ u- t A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: z* b8 p8 l! y Paypal: 36,275 ! a4 R7 |4 A+ @) a! W0 QHamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇. T+ g" L* F2 ]0 M( [8 ? Apple iTunes: 19,972 8 a5 G& S* Z, A+ W% `5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 ; x0 a# Z2 \* [: s+ U公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 0 J4 N' b' G& O5 w+ D7 }Apple iOS 5: 13,366 3 C0 d7 N3 @2 D; X( \% e5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76; R! b- P1 N0 C% i) M4 Q Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇6 }/ c [9 l) L2 O Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! A M* N* D0 n! [ Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. i0 F, u& N3 ~: ~ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ; T% k" L0 v: e: Y3 S: K5.39.217.76Twitter: 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。. c; G% C+ L9 Y; I7 o
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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? 7 G: J) ?( |1 A3 _" r . q* ` M* E' @ a# k6 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; ^' H. `/ t# |% R
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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.5.39.217.76% W9 n' ?; A( ]4 O( J
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? , [' W# X2 J. X8 ~9 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 8 z( I. q" K6 k" P( CThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. % q1 ^& ^4 D9 @0 l3 o+ N( N: w; m
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. & X+ a2 x) q7 Z2 I& m! t0 W- t公仔箱論壇 ; D$ d8 g9 N5 R$ t9 H4 L0 y) n
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