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 8 ~9 O+ ^ o8 P8 |1 ?5 ~5.39.217.76 ' p! f9 i4 \! Q& L% V* ]* j公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 0 `' Z0 f* m Z, q1 T5 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes: d9 W2 T2 k: A4 F( c) R) f3 \( s
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By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇6 L. m0 V+ d' P |# J- r1 k
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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. ' m, [6 j0 Y; r3 _6 [4 F* T5.39.217.76/ T: W+ Z$ W- z8 R6 _: ^; N1 `0 f! A
Which? 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. 7 Y* l- r2 \6 M( i5 p( x! S& o2 S5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。 d" f7 G0 Y8 b3 M% ^5 L
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. $ l- H% t; b' T F4 Z) Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 0 w ]; v# p4 _( }# B& `5.39.217.76 + V: T+ l! I1 u; `! g- X7 f2 P6 t! YTVBNOW 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet : N. C# x2 I& }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/ P8 U/ N5 `1 z0 ~# g1 H+ f
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。) g0 w) L" _0 l8 q' l9 v1 b" ` r
! d& ~: a; |& G) X5 s8 m1 U公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 v2 l4 Y1 C9 n9 W& D
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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.; F- l7 t' \# H* {
" z- `" n: y/ w3 ^( F3 o, |8 GTVBNOW 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 slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ) S/ T! z5 z6 ?# R9 C& p公仔箱論壇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. . d; p' x! ` R2 C+ n. @5.39.217.76 6 ]+ t& E4 d. \ itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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. : J R4 h* s! W. YTVBNOW 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, W0 f/ n- D" Y8 ]! @4 A$ A# a
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. 2 Q( \9 y$ J; N. c* ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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 f1 v( J% P* v0 V
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. $ H I" T) \: k. D" m 6 A% e8 a2 \& m/ M- y* d7 e1 V公仔箱論壇% [$ {1 _( [4 p# t$ G* a' _3 Y
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina & s& h8 a7 s9 `5 @- \公仔箱論壇 1 F& Z$ J+ G# H8 t( V5.39.217.76- o7 t# b2 y q6 Y- o& y+ f
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet . c" h# d0 i! q7 E, r3 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。 4 K5 @. Q$ }2 c 8 m. e* {/ ?) j0 Q1 _2 v 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words' k. p8 f8 u! C. B' t
! }" G; ?' m9 A1 G5.39.217.76A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇( |7 H3 d. _' S" D Paypal: 36,275 : Z3 M2 n: A" N( aHamlet: 30,066 " B& c' B. P1 O Z4 }5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 + n# o& E, n' b$ Z, ~5 f" zMacbeth: 18,110 8 y& m# Z# c8 D" d* _4 V9 y5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 : y- C& J8 n) y" i; Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 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。, ~* F1 A; F. o Facebook: 11,195 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。( ?1 Q! |* a2 Q+ J. ` Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 0 v1 j5 g- S) L2 h& A A& XApple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 [# P D1 L3 t* _) Z" K+ L Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76! ~5 O9 G' u7 g4 e Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 q* R3 ?* |( u8 `5 cTwitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇9 A% C0 S% G; F3 X0 e2 ?1 N# ^
0 L$ y4 B$ O2 u3 ^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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& T F* ^9 S, Y/ l4 z( \" C
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76* \/ {" ?: W, f# s
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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.公仔箱論壇& j! J) n& C% ]/ z4 s4 `3 ?
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- k5 V4 @( x" C
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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,bttvb' L- O: n+ I1 V8 i
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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.公仔箱論壇3 }9 ^+ R# N9 C' q1 Y
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