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 : {" a) |# ?+ w3 k . x! F5 g6 K5 G* a' }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 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。. ]& o1 V5 n6 i* d# \: P
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes ) J1 n4 r& F Z$ |9 |; L2 P- v2 T# z# o
By Tom Gardnertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) X* l* u: B9 j- Z/ ^( R1 ^1 ^( i
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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. 2 L# ]! F7 `7 m3 S 2 X0 C) J6 a9 b, j$ L1 H9 A% ~1 n5.39.217.76Which? 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. * |# k+ o% k) r$ }$ K# xTVBNOW 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。 " K+ H# e, _% e% t8 D5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.+ F. D2 _* p6 l# e
5 z u( f7 l4 w % |: T' q& X$ ^1 W$ N9 cTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.76% C* O6 a. {% I* q' f; V5 O
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 0 a$ O9 x7 _2 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' a$ b0 S; k: [0 x/ f) W$ \$ TTVBNOW 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.8 X# Y+ Z! t5 H e5 k/ t- q- |
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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. # ?0 }7 \) L# _' \; NTVBNOW 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 d& W! n$ t0 y; Y @5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇0 V0 P) {; ~% M; S1 ]/ O) G
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. 0 M; ~% k ]( g, i8 I9 M8 otvb 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。# T8 S0 d& |$ [- C$ n5 T
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.1 Y, Y3 y6 C. U$ g e7 J$ R3 y
8 ~/ u4 k' n. z8 tIt 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- _4 b# D% D/ \" U
/ f- m; s( J9 l! m$ G; THamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. * Y9 {0 ]/ O2 @$ M. p8 y公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇- r& _$ y2 j* ~. l( E4 S5 n2 J/ L 9 I N3 b2 D5 u0 |Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina . X G2 l$ e# }. D1 p; C5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。9 L# J8 X: K) B . N! b" Q, x% j+ G1 H4 Y
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' Z9 b9 J, h$ M2 ?! N& R% T
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。% i& \6 u8 F- I( w E* {5 V) j1 A; Z! T; \' z+ N公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words公仔箱論壇. |/ @, y. f' R0 x
3 D3 N+ [$ d8 Z8 m# ~+ T A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS+ N T8 N% k, E4 D Paypal: 36,275 - B8 l5 m+ q2 }( q, h Hamlet: 30,066 $ z* a$ t- e7 q" J4 TTVBNOW 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 iTunes: 19,972 7 v+ v$ b( |! E$ L/ b Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇) b5 n% P, s0 E7 R1 y' _ Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.760 B. H" f) b8 f) [& n Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ; e$ p# R2 z" ]: u( \' CFacebook: 11,195 - Q3 A' P9 w% Q7 R: M公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 8 @7 D2 _' c, s( L# p! mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 5.39.217.76' H7 f1 u$ y, X Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇 z$ R# b( T% t$ x. U Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 " K' \% d- @, g, x- U; n7 i" P) y2 T2 R Twitter: 4,445 ) O' b" `3 p* 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。 ! @9 a2 c) ^8 Q/ ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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? 2 g7 ?1 o O' E2 v# Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& I& u1 [9 |& Q; l2 Y3 R: _" K
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. + h! }3 o% N9 k/ }2 y5.39.217.76 " w8 h3 Y$ W0 A5 ~+ W! U1 G5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 9 S% p. x. t$ {5 @5 [Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 6 g+ N, H! J' J/ I( @7 D0 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.766 V& G* @2 f6 M; r' T
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. ( E: T7 k6 `# k" z- e' E1 mTVBNOW 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; m. D" t2 c5 Q' C, P5 J
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. ) V" u7 l3 G$ CTVBNOW 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。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。: v4 G/ D( H2 T
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