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 Macbeth5.39.217.76$ b! g' I# ~+ Z# R$ @8 k8 A7 K0 z" D
9 F' [9 [9 z& L& u9 F- B公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 f \/ c& m4 ]* B4 v: L
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes% y3 O. A. i( ]! V) k
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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.# d) Y }( ~1 T% J. K( @
- I' m' M& Q& ]7 r. 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。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 Y6 f: ^7 q( j: v) ~: Y# P
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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.5.39.217.76! v: r# Y; q0 d5 w" J/ o$ j
- m. m/ ^; k4 i + s3 T k1 ]$ \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.76; ~$ N) f0 p+ K# Q( e
# n5 E2 A3 V! z/ o; ~6 n1 tTVBNOW 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. 公仔箱論壇& h- g3 E k. j& D0 M
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5 k* s. k9 O7 `% n0 E
+ Y: u2 V x% ?# Y% R$ Y2 g, a! 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。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 @7 O6 f# L* T6 A, X+ P5.39.217.76 5 Z6 v/ L) R% F. V) J公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ o$ l. \( [4 C8 NAmazon, 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# |5 l) j2 T7 v% O$ M( G
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 D7 s5 x0 r, q; V$ m; G
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.公仔箱論壇$ z* ]0 R; N& U! o7 G9 ^+ s
( K1 X e% ]" v& l6 w6 dIt 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. Z: X3 }: ~) U# }# g4 I1 J t+ d: [5 }" r, t) i" n7 P" @$ o( ~5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.公仔箱論壇2 L* M5 D& `3 u, \8 C8 g: K
, R3 [9 M5 h5 M: A, | , F3 k' b3 U: r; n0 Q. hFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' y3 G8 y" M, M3 B4 |+ q2 I
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet . A+ v4 _8 f6 X/ _) `5.39.217.762 @ F4 H0 O/ y7 z1 E) O ) B: [5 N, W! U4 f* y
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 5 P4 ~" U. ]9 L: _' rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 H1 G7 R W4 A) W: O! ^: k A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* X) _! O; i# K' H* \ Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, z9 J( u i$ u& j6 {. H- \3 ` Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 h2 T8 r, h( a( U7 x' g* g( \9 Q Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 \3 {, _/ | d( u0 ~ 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。, B( e* Z+ Q. v. ` Windows Live: 14,714 / Z! |7 n( [# u% `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 2 o/ Z0 O. n( e+ e6 k* Z5 P Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76) w9 ?# S4 H6 W I& V: \/ c Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 4 F% R3 V/ }$ D. r公仔箱論壇Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! w3 N9 A6 V& p# W% [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 , D) y- p* M1 h7 I Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ; J: m% X/ T# ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 C* A5 ?" B& Z% h4 g$ M
f5 @9 R# {* Z0 V- e" e. rApple’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? 4 y' g9 Z7 @% @9 }9 N- I0 f; l, G% F3 S G
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 5 |/ I: ~! g1 Ntvb 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。0 O6 g% L1 Y+ k
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.761 D. @ v3 S$ g2 Y4 I' x# v
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.76" o2 ^2 o9 `- t5 Y* k
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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. : J3 [# U2 c1 h d; e a; N& Y: j9 _" [4 n0 {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.公仔箱論壇! {' X$ R/ z0 l' T) W6 I. b
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