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 + K. p% n& ^! j8 S9 p公仔箱論壇/ ~' g9 o: r! y6 j9 K: j$ Q
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 9 w! y4 ]) M/ b0 u% \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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.760 M! a# ?, o R! ^, z" T( S
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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.% E" Y* n9 n/ _
) A ?0 X7 X5 {: R! ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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。7 r( u. w8 }9 C- n
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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.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。6 K# q9 V, w g! g
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet , N7 s$ H d% Z! M$ P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 R& l) A( R8 r; {
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, G' _: o. F3 ? a9 Y3 n3 O5 U- }8 A
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. H; v9 m; U/ t( s
g/ Y+ n) I" `7 m公仔箱論壇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.2 p+ S% s0 Y1 K4 `8 d
3 k2 i4 S; a% E9 n( d5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ( u9 _) \3 c. f8 _$ ~* o5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. / R/ |) Q1 C+ r' F5 z- F8 A q! Q9 y: O" C
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.! f0 d# t- A; X. E" I1 Y5 T
& {5 W5 T* h: ^0 itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.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- ^2 k" R+ N! ]
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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.7 P. _9 j) N- L7 [
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina + m+ n, M; D. y# D! }公仔箱論壇2 i0 N$ l) k- L; e B h* P. O3 @! q6 n9 F
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。6 R! L; |! Y# s6 W* ~& o
5.39.217.76% s) t+ e& k+ D* w! T: [- d& ` 7 ^3 Q: O* L5 Q( Y' v- Z5 `$ b公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words % D. P4 P8 B- d7 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# A; k' \$ W \: U. `4 \ A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb }+ ]0 |: y8 ?4 r5 j' U. y$ M Paypal: 36,275 ) K" B) l% h% b& A0 n4 U2 P% n5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 / P6 ]! v$ ?7 _: `- E' N) S Apple iTunes: 19,972 5.39.217.76% Q& v9 e, b/ ~ J9 t. R' j Macbeth: 18,110 # v; s; \( t: B+ \9 u+ u. [) [公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76+ U, T6 p* y- u4 `! M. K, A1 {' n Apple iOS 5: 13,366 0 j' G: [3 x/ S/ d" m3 J5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 5 \2 x/ R5 E3 s+ g) K, w2 k. | Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 " f* U/ {8 I; `7 P# n9 QApple iCloud: 10,724 5 x7 h% O. O, z Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.767 q- I+ |5 s x: H. l3 X Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 . ?; N7 A; D, Q1 ^" f Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇( Z8 g* j# n$ z& p& g6 t r2 f0 Q
^2 e& t$ ~0 w! h* K; fTVBNOW 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。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? 9 { s3 O$ F+ S- K+ @5 L 5 h3 F& u( i% e4 e" H+ T公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.$ S. r: K2 g# [5 ]1 ]+ w$ u3 ]" f
; `# F% ?; c @# L! `3 y公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# d4 F) p9 q4 ?0 f% \3 I( l5 R
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? " D5 U+ @* r+ Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb J5 ?6 w; ^1 w5 P" y" E0 J K, }* F6 ?) N
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.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! Q3 q# O. s+ o
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