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 4 C7 R2 }1 S6 @1 A% E. X( i! L & _3 E2 G+ I. d! S! W( y- utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long . {/ w! r5 e' d2 m1 Y2 X6 y v
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes6 k. g$ |. U; ^0 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. 8 |$ e+ [* a+ S 0 u+ @. j( O# i1 _9 B& FWhich? 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.: t3 ?/ E5 ^6 A
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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.公仔箱論壇& l6 d. A( ]) y, N! u" c; k+ k: T' U
5.39.217.762 E1 Z0 }* i* k2 y ' A7 p6 a. o) |) x; [5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet4 _( }4 ] t6 M9 L+ O5 x
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 2 s% K5 M; e' R" P4 j! Z ! M9 W9 g, z4 W' F1 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 8 T9 K% E. t* c) M. N/ Z$ y5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 |, f% }, m5 F* b2 A: a$ ?
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. ) V7 d8 ]: r4 |4 l3 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 [% V: x& f$ U. L# k( ?
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ : t, c' }# I; C; q0 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. . T9 x' @& F' s9 @5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; f* O4 U: b" h2 \2 J" t/ F
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.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。# D) m: k& [+ B4 s/ Q
' y6 b. f: [3 D5 S7 E) DTVBNOW 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。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. 8 f7 r7 G" q( P" S8 T: p 2 {1 {- ^/ O* w9 iTVBNOW 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. & p. ^. x+ 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" b% y( {, I6 q# U6 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。1 b' x! S' b: o5 P5 S
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 9 u8 v3 ^3 T* h6 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.767 S0 i* ~, j( P" w ) \. }; r8 _" n" [* Z7 Q2 ]Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ k1 C9 l! m% }8 c. w8 q
8 e4 C9 S! Y7 w+ e8 ]公仔箱論壇 ! V" r9 Z4 i# R& p公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words # r" b& V' W, }1 m5.39.217.76( `3 C/ O0 P3 J; j) c5 M A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' q& _: k# b+ j- Y- q: z1 [" c Paypal: 36,275 2 c1 \6 @1 r& _+ wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 $ j( K. C& B& O- r! o! f+ `0 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 $ B1 o- E3 w7 P ~/ Z5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 + Z; V& _$ Z# U) v) L) BWindows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76! L+ K' R$ Q: T8 {1 N Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5 L1 k+ {( E( C" |9 L5 |# A1 _6 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 ) y0 F6 C$ a# B5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 : O' O1 l( m# _4 o- g" M) K% I; 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。Apple iCloud: 10,724 " ?+ ?9 z1 s2 @9 R7 ` Amazon Kindle: 7,115 3 y) d2 p; d5 O9 h公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 / b) {4 H4 N& W( S3 }2 B5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 k R# O* t8 t% e, l/ ^5 j0 c! P公仔箱論壇 * e2 j# E4 J' m- c5 p% ~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。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? : Q. j# p% s* k/ J! s$ |公仔箱論壇 ; U6 ^; H; m! ?0 R( a& ?8 i- ~公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.0 d3 R) G+ X) V# u
! k T) Z6 [& r2 u; r& 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。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 `8 D1 q+ l9 a: Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ^4 N7 {- h9 Z; F/ 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。公仔箱論壇) X6 j6 ^( q" H/ P
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.公仔箱論壇; P; d4 b) A/ B9 ~6 J* W, w; d, ^2 X
* Q* ~9 y$ ^) x7 }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.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 w) w& ~& o7 x. K1 G i+ C: E0 L/ X
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