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 . D0 ]( B, w2 ?/ a& A! V& }3 i" [ . J/ `0 |$ p& B" ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 8 t7 J, r) D5 h; u: [5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 0 p" I: F. l* U. T0 v# l0 K6 e2 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& g g4 l2 H9 g" J% n/ { }/ f
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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.5.39.217.76/ r5 q( B$ j F
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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.5.39.217.76; B. G6 X0 L C: B9 |
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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.2 `: n" R- ?* ?+ i1 f7 f. q
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 Y& _3 t2 e, K# w+ M' r: p& U" Y w2 N. D0 l) y; KTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet $ {* p, J$ D p+ L8 U( c3 T. T 3 E* x# s0 K9 G6 i8 v! O4 ` |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. " n# l8 ^7 S( Y$ ]$ S; n9 K# \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' Z+ n5 W9 B7 f
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.( I, S$ O K! C7 ~1 D& h- |9 d! b
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ i L' t: ], D
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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,bttvb5 ^- w' S, N1 U9 }' j% F
) Q6 l& E8 A& J0 c9 p0 g dThe 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 K9 [% K" T/ R9 F/ ?& v. C
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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.5.39.217.76% f; w+ W5 Q' P7 v) R3 s
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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. - \% c* z3 L# @$ I+ w . g5 L% k& P& A8 N, \ % R5 |+ v* s, u- S) ^5 AFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina . |. P: E5 ^! P; \* R, M( O6 j# V9 v" `5 P$ p$ R 公仔箱論壇5 R1 D/ _, Y- X" c! y, b
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' ]2 Y8 R$ D! }* P" \
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 7 ^1 ]4 P# w% N. B7 S5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 \* k' @' ~1 m) d A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" n" V0 ]# t7 i- v* O: B7 ? Paypal: 36,275 # q. i& e$ K6 u4 z( [( Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 & e; a% j; t* a5 I) J$ y公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 ' I* |+ i1 ]' J6 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。Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇1 a. i& I# a# P$ V; f Windows Live: 14,714 " ]6 T7 M+ g2 Y1 E4 Q/ m& k* Y9 |' q Apple iOS 5: 13,366 公仔箱論壇8 C9 m9 F! a1 v Facebook: 11,195 ( ^$ `1 h2 n' O, I1 `4 H7 J/ j ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 - A$ s. B. @1 m7 \) W3 m; f p7 RApple iCloud: 10,724 7 l% s* ^3 R8 m Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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 ]6 r" Z4 _: W$ U% g# F& G7 W1 x Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 7 q: @, a1 C+ q9 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 # B. t) O! X3 p$ g, Q( G8 Q4 r3 n! R5 V
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。 |3 |9 Q: C& f0 |" x+ J( |. g
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. J( M) ^& j7 L8 I
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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. ( D% J/ c+ d1 v9 w, l4 v: @! f公仔箱論壇7 l) \- b. W- A* q7 z( \8 I
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. $ N2 ^) R) K5 N9 o; 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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: e$ H7 j1 @4 Y y7 Y
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