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$ _! ?' ~; `" N. g3 j5 e
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 9 ~2 k- B' @$ V2 LWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes z4 o) l, D- J- 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。' k1 d7 i8 {; J+ n/ j! t, P) {% A
By Tom GardnerTVBNOW 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。/ Q$ Y) }% m9 x- P2 l
, M S. Y* b w) E% t# S+ Y5 B) J公仔箱論壇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. 6 M3 ]4 `- Y# Q: h, {6 D/ O5.39.217.765.39.217.76' `' [) X9 K! l
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. 5 H) L# I! q5 C; d) ~4 T 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。 3 X! L# P) s( W+ W% S+ \% l8 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. 0 J! Y8 m' k3 y! }* }6 @5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。' U9 e9 I6 E0 f* R4 @ , C9 W; k a( {0 [& L( ?8 _3 d5 \8 r4 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 3 T& `! \8 u1 D8 a/ ?) X$ E: 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。1 _ z* W) H# y! G7 h+ ^
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ! O4 F7 ?. ?7 i9 z* t/ k6 w" m
0 K \$ y! Z3 ?8 j/ stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 9 W; z# }1 N# O' x& t* C5 f, U公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 x- ^; \8 t6 k7 N
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ c' _; J; v. m5 f- D, E
$ X, y. v# ?' ?( K, f& Z! B* {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇( u ]6 u& Y) V$ Y* ~# z u) X
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. 8 v7 Y$ h: G3 i7 l1 ^9 E( d公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 h w2 j0 W" Q. g6 F9 @8 b* 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. ( f- X# v O& Q' L( Z公仔箱論壇4 ~6 Z# T4 E; r) `) c
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 z* r3 o0 w5 `5 d& }, t% W+ w# X
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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. 2 M) P& K9 E+ S3 H, D公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 C% ?- h5 s) @- Q tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 R8 f& O5 K) O% X+ a3 z
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇; U1 n# h' c. G; x
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' p* Y; J' G/ }) A- ]' f) J9 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 a! _2 }1 X9 @6 n. [- a) Y6 [! G5 v
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words & l9 H8 A* }6 S- s% Q9 Jtvb 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。( Y, ^ [# f5 b% s# }- z, Z A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 4 ?5 q( Q4 k6 IPaypal: 36,275 9 L" L3 {! v6 A/ S. H+ }& ^' b9 aHamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.761 u# V) [/ i! `4 D. Z Apple iTunes: 19,972 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。8 \+ P3 O$ `0 R2 j/ ~! s7 ~ Macbeth: 18,110 6 v$ R, z0 x, D0 d% Y3 E, S! i: Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWindows Live: 14,714 ( x! d. G) ?, ^7 o. STVBNOW 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 iOS 5: 13,366 ; F4 Y( z7 P! a8 {( C* Z0 BTVBNOW 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。Facebook: 11,195 - N6 o4 P8 S2 X) h6 Y公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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; Y5 j! F. k3 N& j Apple iCloud: 10,724 " H& ]3 p: x* O& hAmazon Kindle: 7,115 " y. a' x% u) Y% }- r& _' E; AAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 3 A I4 b; R- ^4 y9 U$ ETwitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇# X( l0 u) A1 n/ _( ^
/ Z; N$ A; v. X) s# w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? 9 u8 H: X; E1 I! K8 Q0 X! @ * k, k3 A/ D: ]! yFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.) A& M! q1 x4 I1 `
: }6 L' a$ u% O1 H' J0 U/ xAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 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。2 d1 t3 _$ k5 ]! {" c# o
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? % z' f/ \) e+ z1 J; }5.39.217.76! m$ N; g1 ~' 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. 3 P* ]5 ~; `" H; a' g; a5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ V. C$ q$ d; F! [( k4 t% }5 |
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. * F* I) r- J" H7 |8 p ' X; O: N! I: Y* E8 @
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