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,bttvb+ G- v% [+ v& [0 S% z7 A5 A
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long , ?! l) a6 P1 aWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes $ U$ S0 K7 x* G* @ ( u! s1 ]+ a; g0 b0 `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。By Tom Gardner ( z4 }6 t% [/ b+ ?. F/ g+ u6 m8 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 T+ H5 ~1 c, ^ t- r: AA 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.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。 m6 W$ e( C1 @7 c% P4 X
a" X/ e7 t2 n! F7 vtvb 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.5.39.217.76, Q1 M: F# [7 K X. ^+ 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。+ h! B/ P. A2 x/ [1 h
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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 K$ c1 R5 ~* [1 V/ s
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than 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。# P' {# q3 j3 p# K/ m$ K O
- H+ g( D% A" E" Y- ~7 Q公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. * Q& g. g* M* Z# [( U' d' q K5.39.217.76 , E% N- R! R7 I! F, A 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./ y6 T5 b: N- b; v% l
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’7 x% b) ], Z% e
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. ; F; t$ L- K) P: f 2 {5 E' \) L& R6 C5.39.217.76The 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. + B) k) g; @* E& g; y& O N5 q : Z4 k: q2 ?) w$ u. M. f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.* } g+ ^6 Q9 W! ?; R& U
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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. 1 w2 O3 S$ F0 G9 i% o9 ]- o1 t0 t5.39.217.76. d, r* Q! Z% [6 r0 K; H 7 G3 @+ @; {' I: T! |/ W5 q8 PFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina4 }6 m/ z1 a- T
# Y2 X* ^7 U; t7 j0 d, R; |. A' ~ W0 o% }$ Z4 o8 n6 f' D" ^0 Z公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet # d# Q9 ^# I# C% M5 l6 w( {% Q公仔箱論壇$ _3 S; Y9 N! F+ {& b" W6 @ 0 ^* s2 B- l) J0 x% _/ E公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 2 j$ \0 i8 O9 D( b1 A- E |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇) l9 i# H: M# ?7 F A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇+ q6 h. W: R6 `' z- }7 Z0 y Paypal: 36,275 & }$ w! w: s' d5 e Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇4 z- @' [- }5 R Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇9 F8 V2 c1 s# {! p8 X$ a; x% r1 c/ @ Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76" Y* i+ |5 V! u" w+ G3 l s) B Windows Live: 14,714 ' E% d) R; }3 N. U! V3 `Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& i% _6 P+ `( U6 R; |! b Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% A( d! R/ r: H1 y Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 d2 S' u& K' }3 w; SApple iCloud: 10,724 5 H3 C7 S# B! V1 |" w9 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 ; p$ i3 R1 ?4 \& ^1 qAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇4 A* Q9 d5 p/ ?7 @ Twitter: 4,445 1 Z6 H J. `$ A公仔箱論壇 ! ]7 J5 I' u7 y, z) 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? 7 v" b. j' }# `; J: d# b: O& l( I" E9 @ ?+ i, v
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 3 F( f: e3 q8 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇& }2 U3 d+ n, m3 F
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 _$ N9 F# w- }8 I+ M$ f. H
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ i8 A2 ^$ }* V: U S
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 K' v4 t' ]: s0 ?$ g9 d* s
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