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, f" Y U! L T m! V
. x7 r' e% ^5 l- c$ }% f公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long $ d" T l5 m- w. X/ t9 W% }# Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes & x% w0 A2 r/ u% j( k! G 5 X6 ^6 T* _4 S* A& r, k: g5 xBy Tom Gardnertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 n" H% Y7 X* p4 Y) `* {& v
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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. $ M" M2 J2 r/ R1 R5 D+ {/ Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# b& X8 |6 _; ]# l5 x0 M# @
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. : l3 K5 j2 e+ I5 p" y3 \5.39.217.765.39.217.76# C7 v0 h P* \7 A' ]+ X. N& |
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. ' f' ~/ Z, p$ [' ~/ {公仔箱論壇 * {% Y( l S9 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : z" f8 D/ A7 w5 B5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet0 N8 D1 `; u+ `" n7 @! i2 u, k
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. Z" D* q. j; y, ]$ L: g* q- { ]2 j8 l, `- M/ o' E6 K% Z, g
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. . H* r5 n$ O" X m5.39.217.76; | H0 n* d8 |. [& C- m c* n! t
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.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 i! x: w: S$ }8 e
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 0 G0 S, T6 b) `" k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.公仔箱論壇 c# R o' W9 M! E2 c/ d( c2 f
5 s ^9 P0 `4 ^4 r5.39.217.76The 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. ; j8 w8 i, Q7 f p7 n1 w5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇$ u x6 S& l. Q8 C0 I
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. ) a; U5 u# @$ H) ~; f( E( 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。 7 _) D7 y" o$ P8 n, \( RHamlet 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。, h- g% M3 K" V5 U! L: g6 J
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina" K$ Z2 A. F: z% L
0 l0 k. t3 S0 Y4 o) b0 B6 q5.39.217.76 / T6 f9 l0 N+ o) b& 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。Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ' D9 w. v: `9 yTVBNOW 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" T/ t* u& S7 A0 ZTVBNOW 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。 5 e$ t( y' R8 ] L3 t7 O5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 3 N+ L* J2 K/ L8 nTVBNOW 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 H1 ]1 }5 ~- K; C2 Y) T公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS / O1 w0 V2 c2 F0 _Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇 h7 ]$ `( V! D! ]2 T% d Hamlet: 30,066 1 P# c! @. n1 \Apple iTunes: 19,972 # P! ]$ x8 {$ ]3 ZMacbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇; B5 P. i. t( Y K% p Windows Live: 14,714 1 H+ q" j0 |" b* a公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 $ b+ N3 G8 m- _& v$ u5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76, S& O( ^! Z" \ Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5 O; G9 [. A% }8 e Apple iCloud: 10,724 8 V4 `; u4 h& l! R6 c& P1 KAmazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 X3 _" j) b/ G3 q* Q" j' U' S; v Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ! n9 e) ~# M# d j4 L; H4 o5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 2 O5 m7 s# s4 F7 E7 w Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 1 P" I# \/ g& Z5 L. ^9 Z+ LApple’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?2 ^9 l5 C! V, v7 W
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. - h' \, l) C+ X' _' 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。 & }9 j5 O: Y( f7 F( ~ L+ q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. ( @1 X$ `% Q1 B; qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 6 l8 T; b8 Z, g, x+ m# x1 U5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 v6 I5 t, D* e/ t" q, T" \
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. ) l$ A# s7 Y4 N8 H8 v5 [6 f公仔箱論壇 . g5 y9 l' Q" AWhile 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. 7 i" z( I0 N }; p R; O5.39.217.76 , f9 ^' H( h6 F# w公仔箱論壇
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