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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb B1 e/ e5 R8 ? v
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 4 B% k$ O- [! G5 H' T4 `6 rWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 8 ~* J% |7 K. s; L0 D; S ( Z: j. E2 e- r) M1 B* v0 }* `By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76. R5 v F" M" e) x+ c2 x! o1 v& T
$ W% x2 o+ e- [; Q$ T7 [* a+ E' v5.39.217.76A 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. 1 k2 [2 @" k* n/ Z7 Q! D公仔箱論壇+ z7 R; U$ n. e# h
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.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。1 s6 {* z$ ~8 j% y
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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. : ?0 h5 C* X2 n1 p# RTVBNOW 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 i, D( b/ t9 ^8 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。 ) Q1 f P* W6 {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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet" v3 U9 r4 w, j9 Z% Z1 }3 l
% z. W3 D) I" z- ~. 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) {$ k& i0 X k5.39.217.763 t6 F7 q. C9 r$ ?* i. h: }
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. . g4 P) z" g. F ! C) O+ y; e Y- 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。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. ' X7 p% |( r# H J. k5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 c- J9 y( }/ ?( r2 j
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ . h. {+ W2 x' o: e8 d* l公仔箱論壇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.1 _9 G; P" D, k- K
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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. $ O; U# D7 p+ N4 F) o) r7 J 0 m# E$ @; y9 [% H F6 P/ _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. " [) P# e" @- d' ^" `2 W) [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。 / A# n: B% u6 a, y7 D- n( t- _& ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. . Y$ u m$ X: v& d公仔箱論壇1 L/ r7 O7 k8 v i5 t2 R; T# n 5.39.217.76- c7 @+ p4 P0 ], Q' v7 x- X
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina ) U9 ?. T: H) j9 D- o1 N% z- A. p. t2 c公仔箱論壇: t! ?' P) z2 s" d- A: H 8 S3 D/ a8 O4 M+ f- ?% E; z$ n, e公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ) P- G. _, Q$ f8 C8 r) ?3 q [公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇8 b. u F8 f; ^ $ N" r% a A7 ]6 X+ T5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 0 i- t1 `7 i8 t : y* Q' L+ C& q5 u! eA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 3 v8 n% Q- }( c* g$ {Paypal: 36,275 ' X( ^& v2 [7 u8 f9 h% F5 x: x% m- X公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.767 V$ t, t9 l: q! }1 s Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇0 j6 O& V# |* _( e Macbeth: 18,110 : g) j3 v/ }; @ Windows Live: 14,714 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 x7 C: B9 E1 t2 Y8 J Apple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇8 ?, u. T# l. l2 x- o7 w Facebook: 11,195 ( u% l0 t" S f) h% I 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。8 X6 F( L; K. X$ a: g4 Q% T ?6 J Apple iCloud: 10,724 2 F6 j8 h8 q$ i! Q7 ~% B% aAmazon Kindle: 7,115 6 ]% \5 h. S# ^; ?5 r$ n7 LAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇" F/ _7 T: `, U0 }4 P Twitter: 4,445 # l+ y8 T+ q0 S3 U 7 ]) W2 x! p6 |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。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?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。& A! Z1 m* x& J- ]! R: W
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 6 [5 n( U7 y! e S& RTVBNOW 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+ H F' U0 M7 k9 G5 p$ _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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 P O: O% @- a" z
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? , \' L# H: w; p. Q3 A& ^! iTVBNOW 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 R3 H9 X" X# i( _1 r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. 6 Z0 B6 e( T. O& g2 l1 K- w公仔箱論壇- z/ M# {) c9 y5 u
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.5.39.217.76! V5 p9 I& \5 S
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