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 6 u" H! B% W$ r3 X- E4 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; J! j1 |5 ?0 R6 r" K
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long , W2 J$ b5 c6 F5 }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。Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇% A0 Y7 j* J, G3 _/ u
{" r! S' g0 R6 d, V公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76 I8 _+ M7 E5 m
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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。$ \- a7 n( }8 b
4 n1 m1 {. \0 w# @3 j6 z, N5 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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. . g8 O) `' K' S! f/ G( ] {* P& ]( e+ L% e- ?
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. 7 F/ B6 T! ]0 a9 Z1 a, I5.39.217.76' [$ s# o }' N 3 y) G% Q. h# M* x% [% s; sTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet / ^ T) ^# Q3 C" r( h" 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。 + u6 f4 |- n+ F1 ZLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 4 N, g# r# X: x }! K- I) J3 B 1 {1 w* a0 i! _+ E! ~) DThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. . V7 b- H2 k9 s3 ?3 V' l2 vTVBNOW 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 w: L3 `5 m6 `. X" L3 ^5.39.217.76A 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! h% m7 x" ]# H( A+ k; H
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ / ^' x, U0 \/ ]5 v4 h: [+ c5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. 8 q( c& e, \, ~, b! 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。 8 c3 u: @" K: i3 ZThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 ~2 V) |. I# r9 s) s- z j c" O+ B
q, b$ r5 k4 t8 K" p6 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.. b6 C8 v7 Q% Q* O& H8 Y7 _
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Hamlet 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。 D8 n" p+ S' z& U# _9 c( H: t3 K
8 f% K/ w4 I' j. J公仔箱論壇 . w ^! {9 s8 U# o3 d2 [+ jFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina1 `2 \6 } A6 c
$ @8 v5 H6 d6 R6 Z9 _- I: ^/ vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb . {& c0 t' O9 P# L( r公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.762 v- I9 w! y, ~, c' z: a1 @7 t
1 Z6 [1 a7 M6 S" [& {3 [. v5.39.217.76 b" b1 G% u: [! g& U5 w% i' f公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words " E+ z0 V+ l$ V' C9 B5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。6 x; g' k+ u% z1 S9 W: P# b A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 0 x/ U. B. ]4 l7 @1 b8 MPaypal: 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。; v4 G; u/ c5 \ Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76) @% I! i5 v( x+ I5 b6 O Apple iTunes: 19,972 7 y( P- \( Q3 RMacbeth: 18,110 o, G) R) x: `1 i5.39.217.76Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, F/ g3 t$ v, J Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 o$ n( ?; L* b N# ^6 ^$ Y Facebook: 11,195 ' R6 X- w8 R) |" v! C2 Q6 ^. Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇3 M4 j0 ~/ N8 l5 q% v2 M Apple iCloud: 10,724 Z; K% o" k' A$ C( ^$ 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 Kindle: 7,115 $ j. C2 a5 \; K0 V( wAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 . h- K4 J& \, }0 `, h Q0 |Twitter: 4,445 0 y- ~" ~: ~+ q
# x9 {$ q( u2 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’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 g+ F0 S! G7 I8 u2 j. [' e3 H
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. % y1 C' x/ s( T0 d* s6 q3 }- E5.39.217.76: { w8 K6 S% \
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.( o3 ~* w8 O8 e( O v8 C( i
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 4 n# R* I2 C8 F7 E% M5.39.217.76 & d" e4 j: _- R" IThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. $ t2 p+ o. u; J) L, s% {8 u/ @+ O jtvb 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。; d! @* a }& y; U% 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. # ]% h* @1 W' n3 v6 j4 w& etvb 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。( M0 C; b6 {% X0 O7 z% Q
