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 2 X- b7 g9 J7 `6 z# Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 h$ Y8 i% v wWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long % k0 \7 f) w$ |Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes, z- j8 `1 i h/ j; J+ x
5 d, ^8 {, ~& z3 W# r3 H公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner " j l3 V8 i F( G4 ~- ~公仔箱論壇, j9 L8 k) a2 A: V! U, y: [/ G
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. + W# Q, E' q4 c" y公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇3 {5 x* J1 f. x5 S4 i
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.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 E3 V- O) c4 U% D0 l% h
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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.* W& N9 [( p" A- h" v4 P/ u0 I$ y+ X
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; d( g o8 D K % ]( ] o$ z9 j% ?% N) m公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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。! U+ L1 ^9 ^4 v) K: Y! u
5 d: U# o& I5 GTVBNOW 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. $ |% o7 i1 Q& y+ A1 E
; A9 t( t7 P. m! P9 x2 {( N) Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 9 f5 A$ J7 _, D9 E( |# t, D r5.39.217.76! r( ~( {; O$ m8 N
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.( H' P. g3 S/ x3 E, y9 X L
" U. o# u& i2 r; s& Z! A$ i- p: wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 0 P; \! `3 Q+ D. x- MAmazon, 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. 5 G. @* [) F2 p9 I& ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * Z8 D& n$ n9 r; g0 I" ~2 y3 Z( bThe 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. , P2 q. N2 U% I' z! A3 ^ 5 y9 p9 L$ r6 L2 }( BIt 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. 1 c! _7 `' i' A5 _( i' WTVBNOW 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。 % F8 j/ P J; x5.39.217.76Hamlet 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( X1 Q- P6 O$ A/ x) R, L
1 O/ y* c: K8 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( h+ h" V, ^6 ]! b5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% T$ t( W9 `1 w- f* |
6 O6 Z& b7 o: y+ ]# S8 }8 R ( R% \# \' a ?( 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。Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76& I8 o+ K8 C" e9 S: x; q
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 u1 Z9 V; S, K& l4 U' a7 @9 y5 R $ ~4 ]' g+ _7 q: u- `Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 4 H) Z) v; K' stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb # G% j2 ^; [( l$ `7 Y公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS : W, |# P! v- C' ?2 OPaypal: 36,275 ! }$ t+ D7 ~& Z: r& t' n6 Z+ M4 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。Hamlet: 30,066 % h# j5 E2 f" g1 H# z" j Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ ]* h: V* @- L" l Macbeth: 18,110 ! R8 x- }$ D3 p9 H. b4 lTVBNOW 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。Windows Live: 14,714 + t% J9 t3 K( l公仔箱論壇Apple iOS 5: 13,366 : W& g8 I$ u W8 z% `6 V- lTVBNOW 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。Facebook: 11,195 ' i5 W$ O8 b8 X4 T( }; c3 F公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇" P9 M/ i7 ]8 @) n Apple iCloud: 10,724 & w+ ]' N# c! A: g Amazon Kindle: 7,115 $ f5 ]8 _+ N" {% W公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇! `$ D; b' L8 O0 \8 k Twitter: 4,445 5.39.217.76+ I. ?7 |1 I0 O6 l. D9 _+ r- E5 ?
8 b( u) z# b1 ~- Z! oApple’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? O$ \, x& b; L! x7 b: L5 Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 w( G$ l1 S3 M! Z8 k- g3 W7 ^& y
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.8 M, j% s) b0 ]+ E- b" {
# _1 P. ?5 W7 y( M: A' H. B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. - n& T) X4 }4 b; stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?5.39.217.76. ]; `1 i2 V8 Q3 t6 N, S
2 x2 o+ K+ V3 o) D1 Y( d5.39.217.76This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. 6 t |. e( P+ j5 h H( Z5 B. l5 X* Z6 P! D# T
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. 7 x0 ]4 l3 ^ | K6 e7 XTVBNOW 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。 " A8 Q- N" Q0 g7 \/ ^公仔箱論壇
