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 d/ L& p7 T' o% o# X: E( l7 _" L- { 4 w, W0 ^& J6 q. gtvb 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。4 e& p# ^( g+ I
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes& a% @! d4 T1 m
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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. W7 s* u+ J. @6 ~' Y公仔箱論壇) U" R; |- e7 }7 T
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. 0 k1 _: p) ?: j. X. Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( M' o- G/ c) M$ i3 W
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.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。0 P1 P; k$ g. Z* i, s2 T {& c
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.766 _6 W* Z0 y/ j" M
9 ~/ L8 J1 o6 H6 }公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. + |1 d" R3 y- A$ \公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇$ I) g) ~& G4 @: y( R% _2 n
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 5 L3 n# c6 F' a8 r& |4 S6 Z. ?/ P & O1 i, y9 G$ N; U1 g' p0 R! G5.39.217.76A 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. 9 n) p# `0 s( z* 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。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。& W3 E( C+ c8 F
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; j7 x7 u; R+ B& P- }* _! M) m
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. 5 o; q: J+ l; Q# \/ f) O" M3 Y公仔箱論壇 $ E$ m0 ^" \6 d9 t8 L2 L0 c4 J$ U/ C公仔箱論壇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. 7 K- v. u/ v# O7 ~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。4 O! e6 T* k7 L2 h6 u7 {) D
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.+ V4 `6 s0 S: O+ a! y3 w
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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.7 n7 k) s0 p, S) y' S
- \2 m E7 x1 ~9 a1 G 3 T) J! U; Q$ r5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 ?; A: Z5 q; }# U8 U + v( e& z; Q1 x3 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。9 @( `9 d' {0 K+ {5 ]: @( E3 \
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet / u, Y8 e$ k/ l+ Y0 e! j9 G
% J, x7 w( {/ U6 jA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 |, E' s, Y( q, K% k1 y Paypal: 36,275 `, N l# `( U# ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 & E1 e' U& `1 P1 S Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇7 L8 u2 D$ L, \3 F Macbeth: 18,110 v0 ?4 \6 Q0 v) I1 B. bWindows Live: 14,714 # M7 j3 J1 h% W1 @( t7 K: ZApple iOS 5: 13,366 8 y5 {2 X) J* { 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。! i+ X2 j% o4 L$ X1 S 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。( ^- P2 `6 F$ c& D; J Apple iCloud: 10,724 7 g1 Y7 W) J' O+ }6 i$ o# Y Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇% h* w" E$ e9 H Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ @3 e g. r/ S; f' J Twitter: 4,445 % |! i5 c, {! r" }. X5.39.217.76; u$ H; |5 V6 E4 z+ C$ a! F
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,bttvb4 C/ N# P( b8 d6 c: v" [
0 y# o4 z* b e) a5 r; b9 aFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 5 e5 j% Z O: \" h3 HTVBNOW 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 g( D* {6 Z% k |) [% F5 f公仔箱論壇And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 1 Z$ I* G/ D5 \/ }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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ! s! o, P& G: {8 G6 P; v ; H1 D" F1 X4 Q* B公仔箱論壇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. $ M, t3 m* J3 M3 Y8 J! ^公仔箱論壇* y2 f1 S6 p h: N
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9 S; }% M6 G& X/ @$ E7 n9 h
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