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 P& X& v5 t* k# P- g公仔箱論壇5.39.217.76" N1 y/ _1 @; [5 c0 P/ H& p L
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long : f: n s1 S4 R9 B/ |3 j
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇* H7 A) X1 o4 b& J' o1 R
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By Tom Gardner ! z. N! P. X! a- ~5 X. k0 Q+ Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 A. h$ \$ \* b& D2 }' RA 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- W1 |5 I G" X) A) x
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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.5.39.217.769 |4 k$ ]% p7 s6 x" z
: R, K5 Z- N; K8 kIt 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。8 [3 F) d9 ~' s! q2 y d& z8 C
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet " t& B7 Y) ^; D% n3 W" @) V; d, Q7 d5.39.217.76 $ x" ]( M0 c1 ?' K2 lLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) N# }7 ~$ t0 _5 X5.39.217.76* [! h# }6 f% d1 c; o
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. & M9 r& r+ i4 C! `! |6 g7 m. P) Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : ^6 r! D- |) ]+ @$ Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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. ( d! G3 D$ J& X! n& [5 d9 q, z( r! g$ h6 r0 j
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ; ~0 s7 w! b( 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, a Y5 C; f; y( M
4 R2 J, z+ Z; m2 v/ t9 L+ V8 qThe 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." k5 x7 w: D4 p/ H% d
8 o( i- y3 |* r- ?" {) p3 _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. ' t" s6 r# [8 q+ \" O6 S5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。) c/ D3 c+ H- M: [- Q, D- e
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 \5 o; `4 _: ]2 m, k; W! 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。, ]: o: S' ^; Q 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 r+ ?! k$ E# }" y6 z" H
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina . \5 m5 d( ]- Q0 E8 ETVBNOW 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。 ) T: f' Y& c5 h% {5.39.217.76 L1 x$ }4 B b+ c# r5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5 A9 T0 c9 D6 L! S) y5.39.217.765.39.217.762 r* L: p/ g1 Z , r+ c: }( e7 p8 [" r) R2 O
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words" L! m; N4 `: x& q, f
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# }& y9 R1 x: d; M A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " O b8 A0 q9 Q- c5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 7 a( j* a/ |: }& F Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! B' Z$ G1 t% D 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。4 _. |) z! `! U7 C+ n6 n Macbeth: 18,110 + W9 U4 |! I$ s8 z Windows Live: 14,714 " ~' h3 g. C Y 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。' c( K0 M/ _: K/ y2 x/ | Facebook: 11,195 3 o6 l2 b8 r+ R! k9 R( l0 ?1 \ X公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76 K% l& L) f" T Apple iCloud: 10,724 6 K F9 J6 g' x7 n5 e5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 + h( F, {. X0 b0 kTVBNOW 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.co.uk: 5,212 * `1 B4 f& L H3 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇- D+ `' @5 r5 c* t% w
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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 g [& ?8 ^4 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ }! D" r9 J- R: g
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E. q. J3 e) o* {
! _; q& j8 g2 O j9 f5 E( b" ^9 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ; Q+ B# G+ _: J6 {; O ]* m5.39.217.76Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? % I; W+ W2 I0 }4 F1 }- OTVBNOW 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。) H9 N' b. B1 W0 K& I2 L
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& m6 q" o! a2 K, p$ D2 A- h# l" z# x
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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. ( \1 A7 J+ X/ Y& x; j! \( o5.39.217.76 . y0 G: P4 ]2 ~4 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
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