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 . ^- _7 }1 M. o+ j" H2 ?+ A; d& g- N7 o. S$ Q1 f! N
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇/ ^+ l3 T O9 T
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes * y8 [! j0 j4 k6 L: g5.39.217.76 1 }' ^; o" R4 a2 Z$ m5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner 3 |6 `8 F, I, C, {# S5 s3 h5.39.217.76 / V8 Y2 S: h/ x8 k% V2 C3 JA 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( x: R/ A6 @# g# Z5 ]* _6 \- o
$ K5 a; m4 n) [9 \" |0 \7 W/ 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。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. & b) G- j) T) c' z6 @& v7 e; B 0 p0 i- {5 v( L$ q: T) J* x5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. 4 O& n% W% y( a0 b* z; O* g: \% F4 |6 R! j 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。# b2 w9 g$ F2 ?* P& h) @' E" O* t
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet6 V- m2 i C1 n+ m4 [
" I+ y; u8 \+ }& V# ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 1 O+ A' g" S5 _' o/ p# e# _& n5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。3 Z6 \0 f/ P0 m% p5 r) a( E3 h
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. , v0 D2 \" P/ I& F& [+ ATVBNOW 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。 2 G2 u' n3 t4 I" Y+ W* i% O! N! U) z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. 6 B$ M5 r$ ?' F6 C! D$ a% |6 R \/ C5 B& z- D4 L v
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ + a- @- f% ]/ C- y5 b1 I3 F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. " c7 t6 K/ @% O+ l5.39.217.76 . [3 t0 d; u9 }5 t( i, E+ |3 G+ otvb 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. * z* V. {, i1 T5.39.217.76 ' C& e( a, i mIt 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. % |; h, K* t7 N( Z* F: R% h公仔箱論壇 & A2 P. w: M6 v6 {0 s- z( V) qHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end., Q8 q: u: y9 H5 ]* T: M
5 r: h) K; }7 D2 n, F7 O * |( ~0 M) J+ H$ DFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina. |4 v0 {7 H! D- J }5 n q" F7 O
2 v* @% _: u" L2 Q5.39.217.76 9 A X# V2 O& o0 y |* t: ^7 \9 _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。Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet # a- @' a% s& `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+ A X. g: u& q" m 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。3 g; M% j- \3 {3 q% ?
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words & [8 [+ m1 v8 l" X3 F* J! ?- a0 S公仔箱論壇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。+ n: q5 Z' P$ Y* P+ \* \ A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇6 ]5 R0 G& l" ~! s1 R: G _ Paypal: 36,275 . P$ P" C8 Y8 m7 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E$ f' d$ V) r4 f+ D, j" l, X Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇+ r) `1 Z8 {9 P' u% Y. x# ~ Macbeth: 18,110 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。( M; ]3 s8 R9 \7 | W- Q Windows Live: 14,714 , ] S/ Y9 {0 \/ R Apple 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。6 j7 D: L! B( z" { Facebook: 11,195 % x6 W |3 Y9 [1 m2 u5 M3 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 , D9 Y$ \" \, |1 C: X/ n9 PTVBNOW 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 公仔箱論壇; Z5 |9 y4 x5 n2 g. t+ S N Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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。4 B0 }- ^! W4 `7 L9 h/ ^& I+ o$ r Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 B Y- b( D$ _! q! S' n( _9 k4 W( B5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 5 O; |) P' x( k( U9 n& V ! Q5 T$ ~1 o# S2 n. g" WApple’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? 3 B# d" I* J: G$ j- ^: ]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。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。. O( l N6 h8 }3 \8 j5 t& H
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 5 K5 Z. ?" p5 @! t# Y; s; ~9 c! ?公仔箱論壇6 Q# {) Y" H. `
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. $ y+ n: C* H- K! MOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?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。$ [4 x) ~# R5 ^& Z- b: ]
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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.公仔箱論壇- e5 T( @3 o' b# y4 x
9 ]' y* W/ c7 a3 YWhile 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.) {1 B% J( s. s& I/ t/ N4 q
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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。3 g; M% j- \3 {3 q% ?