標題: [美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth [打印本頁]

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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公仔箱論壇( q2 U. M. T' G8 E
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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By Tom Gardner
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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.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。' l/ _8 B& Q+ ]! i7 {  O6 D

. g, j+ s# D& k% [$ T' u5.39.217.76Which? 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.
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6 C: O7 |4 |" L8 C3 HTVBNOW 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。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.公仔箱論壇2 c# j5 i4 |% u+ z0 X- p

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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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0 O6 ^5 Z( i) k) p0 y" _# v* O3 _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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet.
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8 p+ g" W7 T$ @7 F9 ]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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.' O& c  w0 k1 y6 t! A" ^
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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.
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. r: x- a4 n( \" x+ SAmazon, 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.
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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.5.39.217.761 ^0 ]: P+ {4 {. \0 G7 A

% d$ {8 C& \: }5 {5.39.217.76It 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.
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; j4 Q9 ^8 I) ?% j4 E) D2 THamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina* L- a  [: R* R4 c. m

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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words8 i& D4 }$ M% k& Q4 M" Z* z8 x
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76! U. ~) ?* @! {6 b
Paypal: 36,275 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 F! B5 O+ S1 u
Hamlet: 30,066 $ x& K$ J. {$ f9 w
Apple iTunes: 19,972 5.39.217.76- I$ g9 ^" \- c/ R2 N
Macbeth: 18,110
7 C$ G& }  \3 I" w! W, zWindows Live: 14,714
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Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76# h7 P& Z* p' ?1 W2 S2 H
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。/ e) o, J# v$ E" [
Apple iCloud: 10,724 ; B& {- J3 M7 G0 Y" y0 u7 B
Amazon Kindle: 7,115
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Twitter: 4,445 ' e3 d: O0 P1 K4 |
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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?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。7 r& D& L+ _/ T) r( x

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3 M6 W. X2 r9 n. D6 \% b! A. Itvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 d9 S% b0 }  n9 J7 b( J
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?
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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.
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7 q( S" v+ a; h3 F( ]4 kWhile 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! D2 Y# l: P- _4 J" d- x
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