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; e8 q# i* N) I9 b5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。5 I8 B4 B$ w' Q- W' a9 S
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇9 V5 Z8 s5 t% s- ?
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes8 T3 m4 U, q; G5 {3 O* t' K/ U
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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.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。9 l s( X+ p& N) D F& ~
) F# `# M4 G/ {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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.5.39.217.76: b" U+ E4 K0 V) J5 V
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" M( z5 l' |( v2 r* z
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet ( y3 d. B( y& f8 W5 s* A% v1 x公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, P- @( s. d6 [$ B' D( G
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. & h8 j; A2 |+ H; P5 l3 a0 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。公仔箱論壇8 C# n; d j" B1 R3 ?+ a
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. % ]5 f1 i$ n9 F3 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( o! K7 V) d# v
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.& Z( V' x, ?- l& L3 X2 [
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ q/ M/ k2 d# i k+ c; lTVBNOW 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。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.. l: e; B, |. [ ~' I
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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. 5 q! m: {5 h* @8 p% S* m; d2 E, {公仔箱論壇 : n7 L7 r) F5 J" J5.39.217.76It 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.# w) ?% r; M+ N, k
5 }$ n) A5 s: A0 o5 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。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. 6 _- c: [0 ~! ?; t6 t4 }, h公仔箱論壇 B H2 x" V' v; o$ W; { " c4 D" Q, D) h* M0 v% vFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( T" L; Z. y0 I0 d& |
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7 ^% i) }$ ]+ P9 c3 G; V0 Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ; Y" Z C4 W1 J0 \7 u- r2 z2 a; Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaypal: 36,275 2 | N8 s6 M* i0 [3 r6 t/ |& JHamlet: 30,066 6 e$ C' R+ a: e7 M6 f, R1 q$ z7 W 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。# O4 u: \1 _8 u# D( x5 f Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% H, L5 g- z( i2 G% m% | Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76: C/ B ^$ l& ] 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。) v9 l# u* y) b# \6 y Facebook: 11,195 ( ^: H5 O- F8 j t1 L# ZGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 . u% O$ z9 `) [) ] Apple iCloud: 10,724 : R E7 A, O4 J1 N5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 o) N# \; ?9 u% p Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇& c5 o o5 t# o$ u* {( P9 s3 P Twitter: 4,445 - ^! v$ Y# R( P$ l- b4 W( A5.39.217.76( \2 R# [/ O5 s: j
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?0 V' j* ~/ l" R. N
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.; y! K% Y1 _" m6 Q8 U
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 6 L5 O9 Z/ j; }! r2 X' qOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 6 k' L5 u$ E$ G$ D* N5 }; wTVBNOW 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。 - l7 K0 @' ]# Y5 w: {. }, 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。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.5.39.217.76$ k3 v7 E6 n! Z" ?
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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.: ` z7 \- G6 S1 }# L
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