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 ; f0 x9 \3 k' n6 x; htvb 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。6 g t4 S; m5 G5 r0 p& X
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long # ]# N9 H5 {# d7 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes # ]: w$ c7 B4 e! f. `$ B公仔箱論壇 & O# x3 N6 u) ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner ! j$ \ j c, ~3 @4 t2 y* _5.39.217.76 7 i& C! w3 F4 O& S6 H0 K) W( wA 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。: D& l% f! h i: Z( _2 x) O
/ B# Z# N5 N4 y9 S- ~5.39.217.76Which? 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.公仔箱論壇6 J9 `$ z A. l& l* T
0 C. o( p* Q0 V- b" hIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.公仔箱論壇4 _' o1 {8 d; U* D# L
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。, X) Q/ R5 g8 C1 } # B1 \ E0 J9 p) z公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5 `2 ]& `6 R& }- l( Y9 g
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. . Z- y: T% ^: Y/ O8 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb " E# ?: m+ c1 e- }" p4 J' b. }( tThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.6 S+ y: d+ g. X/ v4 n3 Q& _. U
" S' |5 ?. j* R% D% ?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.5.39.217.76; p/ u1 _* I( J0 ]5 g- \& U& p/ J4 ~
& R" q+ D/ _: [4 x; A; }7 c& Y公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇* y: A- S& Y3 [
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.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 t3 N' u% \3 @7 l9 m
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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.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。! v* X" e1 M& p1 S
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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.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。/ y( W* v& w" G5 P$ e B4 {* a3 k$ H
: t5 w' I, a5 k! ^0 v/ aHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.; p5 E7 \- _, S* d2 ?9 m! ?+ z0 n7 A
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 4 J7 {; W8 V5 `/ }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 c, s3 @. \. h, y ( ~4 K# L& B8 O; UTVBNOW 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 G! C: L6 \4 _: e4 V; C
: a. q/ R$ [& Z, ?% A! s- ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ) t4 B0 o' m5 Z$ Z' V+ C2 t! Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76/ [0 h0 f% _1 c) ^& T
公仔箱論壇, Z' O m9 @! B) J* G A% y5 C A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 2 Y; e0 D9 t5 _. c' z9 ]9 \9 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。Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇. o; E/ R- B! X, |7 z Hamlet: 30,066 % I; r3 M" V# k; [/ r Apple iTunes: 19,972 8 @( q C& \7 J7 R! P公仔箱論壇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。! f2 q" K* I3 T4 \ Windows Live: 14,714 * I& e9 y0 r/ ^" w | Apple iOS 5: 13,366 7 i. g0 ^) K5 |+ A$ D( GFacebook: 11,195 8 O6 b; f, n/ gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! a/ a" u5 a5 W+ ^ Apple iCloud: 10,724 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 R# u# g/ b( @+ X4 u9 J Amazon Kindle: 7,115 , H6 v, ~8 K' e7 k0 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 8 k& s; @/ w( @' P7 lTwitter: 4,445 , l# ~1 Y! {8 v/ b5 F9 q0 S5.39.217.76 $ r# K2 b2 Z' {! [$ D9 GTVBNOW 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’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 [/ _8 e9 n- ]5 W! gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76" C. G( t9 {2 B" h3 J V( Z9 z0 Y
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. + [: i7 E+ ]! E公仔箱論壇 7 ?! ]* N" A& `. Q5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.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 X3 @) j! P& ~8 m `9 j" u' N7 D; X
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ( m, x1 z' T% O5.39.217.76 8 C2 k1 y9 L2 z' V6 o p- @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.6 k" _; Y* [4 ?
/ R0 ^4 H! F* ^) B2 l+ L5.39.217.76While 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. + \. `/ J- z9 Z+ w2 c6 i5 Y( ]2 [* m公仔箱論壇 3 o. g+ g! P1 d- o# h
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