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公仔箱論壇8 t" q! s' S* ?% ~8 p# a* P2 z( f _
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long : M) a1 r. L$ \2 [7 o6 ^
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 7 T( R6 {- V% O6 O; C3 W9 @公仔箱論壇 ) V4 K) Z3 t8 l2 d# D) e5.39.217.76By Tom Gardnertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! u" h2 q& b2 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.) i2 ^4 K! l- m0 F5 g
& c6 i* {) t7 t/ h; d5.39.217.76Which? 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 P: M! |' p2 E9 {! g公仔箱論壇 3 Y0 B5 p* o# ~6 ]! l: P( xIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. 3 [$ ^! w6 b" d# I) s5 W公仔箱論壇 1 p" t4 D# S# j- f4 ?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。公仔箱論壇% _" I# m) \+ n' F- M+ D) ~- f
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ) X; v, G/ L3 `2 {6 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' E# I4 \8 [- _' B; w' g( H9 Z
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. % _6 a+ _4 N+ f/ ?. s# Z5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇8 L* s/ k& y8 D. z: C. Z
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 1 h. A, O1 i6 w2 w/ o% b. ~- w8 L $ ~, _" z4 S% a: h2 f3 N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. , m0 a1 q$ D4 K6 Y" |公仔箱論壇 / T+ `+ {& }2 b" Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76! S4 O3 j! Y. U0 v: G9 p
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.5.39.217.767 l: G8 x+ |2 k& Q* A
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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.5.39.217.76! d% o! b) v3 Z5 A2 G- ^3 i
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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. % a- K* ?+ l9 W% ] " @6 R5 U& U3 t+ 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。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。5 _( v& a2 ^, b: a& ^
. V) [8 x8 K" ]1 A# t8 x , |: D& y' p) ?) Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 m: L8 f; @5 x+ W9 B; d( }/ |& n
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 1 m, s8 Z _4 n1 ~! v6 C5.39.217.76 - o( I, L8 g) @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( F1 j8 u. f2 H; EWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words : k$ d5 T6 o$ Y# P5 m% C. T" W ) W/ e/ Q m2 M4 D; L" vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇4 P4 ~4 S; G' o$ t Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇9 ?) Q+ W& C& z9 r8 } Hamlet: 30,066 3 s& {4 I. X. j7 C; g8 T Apple iTunes: 19,972 & b- _$ X8 w0 V9 q; CMacbeth: 18,110 ! ]! h7 D0 r 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。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。0 W2 K4 V" Z9 {* @2 ~$ H; D Apple iOS 5: 13,366 . l* G3 \. `& ~3 z# v$ K: {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 # j) T) g0 x w ^$ C公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 6 ?! K& B2 A) L; y1 e! u5 H Apple iCloud: 10,724 8 E r, ?, [% c( i5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) m4 C! G( e! U; ^2 j' Q9 o/ E Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5 |+ u- C* y2 `6 p; [. E0 O! ?公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.76$ m0 f- r- q% F7 {3 c" m4 m$ y
+ L1 R# H1 M# m9 r) u公仔箱論壇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? 8 G# I. ?3 T- `2 G: ^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 r8 `! ^5 l# D1 E# O% a# U公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. , c6 W6 c e, }, u- c 2 y1 v( x0 Y6 B4 ] ~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.公仔箱論壇$ L- o& }* M) ]
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? + K m; Y9 B1 R' x0 H5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 L6 f; s+ F: {5 }" I z
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.5.39.217.76& Q6 c% _& n1 A! _- S" U% F
: P& M' O( f# W! Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 M/ O# c4 }( U9 g: ~" m
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