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) a2 |1 `& ~1 t! T& ^6 q% ^
8 Z: s6 \% j+ b8 l k' k公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long ! m" j# u7 e1 O( D& @" b. j& IWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes; y" M$ o0 J9 f* _
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By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇+ G* p. m) x( e
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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. 4 ]/ J& @. s' w$ k7 UTVBNOW 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+ A8 L( V2 u3 X$ k) J _
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- Z# b( a& f j# q4 { `
/ D9 M& p- f2 o8 M% S4 F公仔箱論壇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% l: @' u2 |0 |' g2 j
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet & g; t2 c. L! L( N公仔箱論壇 1 G9 d2 h! V8 b ?1 t5.39.217.76Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. " V. n3 N. X4 B q5 \ 5 j& G/ q" ~7 m' H5 Y4 IThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.' p, d2 T$ [) v0 ]" l
; Y ?! p' [. ?5 ?公仔箱論壇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. / o. L2 J9 M: \) I. l公仔箱論壇 $ `( P' o+ b$ r1 P& O0 w, Z; `8 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。‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ * o" Z$ K6 P& M' \5 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。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. ; f6 B- V) |9 J3 D+ @5.39.217.76 $ P! [& G* K! v$ S4 M: h; C+ i# ~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8 H) H% J$ G* x
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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.5.39.217.763 S# E3 b$ U' r/ ~3 k
b; U0 n: T& k9 vHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.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 k" ]% p9 @8 Y+ I8 |2 K* M
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 3 Q2 \9 A5 S+ j* X$ }- X5.39.217.765.39.217.76, {3 g: v9 \7 Q+ {* {* K ! @& T$ v1 w* B9 ITragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 6 J, K0 x4 ^4 K5.39.217.76 - Z1 o& m$ {+ i: M$ U9 D# s6 B5.39.217.76, i: e: G3 \+ j9 F: q
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76( C/ j& h7 G/ J8 I0 w a1 S
" t$ {9 P" ]& K& X. I$ j A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ( h4 z2 K8 y/ j2 y* V/ itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% `* z$ |$ }+ N! [3 x Hamlet: 30,066 0 V- b$ h( o! A: S1 jTVBNOW 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 iTunes: 19,972 5.39.217.76! R7 @4 d' W( _9 k% k _9 Q Macbeth: 18,110 # B" t. I3 Z, q# A- y) [ Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76! ~! D5 a- M9 F" F& ~7 T: T Apple iOS 5: 13,366 * I, P0 B6 s" B7 S% u9 P/ o0 j4 GFacebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇8 @5 V7 V' b7 d+ t; d' L' R# r Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 0 v6 [6 i) f6 I5 Q Apple iCloud: 10,724 5 m7 P$ y K7 `. D5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ' P; Z: c z( L v2 SAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.76* {% t" P9 B1 U" Y% u* r" t; U Twitter: 4,445 6 f% L( K* w3 w: Q: e
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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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 G, ]) \( u/ d
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. y; t! f* p7 y5.39.217.76 ) Y$ x. m) x0 d3 G* 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。And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. 7 x& [3 W0 V9 a5 X0 O% {) btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.766 g( J, E8 E5 n% o0 L% M4 Z3 x
6 {. ^9 E# E: R4 h \ g+ ?! H& H5.39.217.76This 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% o- t/ f- X f* l7 r
) b" p; `. R6 F( }$ gWhile 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& x* R% I# B c% M6 U9 ~& M
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