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公仔箱論壇, P+ P$ R% n! N# h, B' }
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long , V5 Z Z4 z0 }, ~Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes . {. r% x3 E# V R& R7 @7 U5 e l" x$ Q4 C6 _/ h2 R5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner : t! b$ F( j4 V; E5.39.217.764 e( j$ g l2 p9 j
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. . @2 L! {: O, |& C9 ^ ~* l- v公仔箱論壇 0 S5 R5 A( T3 i( ^: d' F; W- z公仔箱論壇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.1 F4 w- A* i) ~
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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./ c: J0 A) e _3 h% O1 S2 S
5.39.217.76" u G: \3 w( Y! _ $ I v8 R1 u) r2 f9 aTough 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。0 w1 I B- p8 S% l4 v- M* m
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5.39.217.76; e2 T; C6 ~2 Z$ J. n# S3 v
; y4 [. \- B/ r* `! 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. # J }* j' e6 t# ^& r/ s& w7 m 4 N2 p- W, p* k, p& p1 SA 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.. W1 q' n. g/ ^% x
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ , A7 \7 m! V' t% \7 c8 m) K# ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. # w' H1 c9 ]( e1 j( p公仔箱論壇. ?- ^1 @0 a, y9 N$ v
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.( c; K* N: i" I9 s" Z) y
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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. 1 s( w- S1 y/ T2 y4 F4 p y8 W & _. Y! b2 H. }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。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. % w' F9 @; U" C. W5.39.217.76 5 g9 _( c6 u4 P- H, A0 s: U4 a8 Btvb 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。& l% P, j J h8 A
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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 G" M0 I- Y% S% j6 z3 M& z8 {
$ u }( [6 K* U4 g, T' s; W / ^& A1 A, Y% @. `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 7 J' s- R0 t1 t5 d' i; b( i4 i ; a/ X" w9 k ]: o3 e公仔箱論壇 / g" f% @& v% A, ^公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ; H# z* O9 Q0 H1 x公仔箱論壇 8 K" \) P" B+ a9 d8 m2 t# Z3 Q( stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% }" x# q! o- n) ?. b& 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。3 [! p$ O% f6 [. f$ H2 V# Q Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76" O y; T9 k( @. b Apple iTunes: 19,972 ! h0 D# e, H7 |; b8 T& [ Macbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76/ O- E4 X$ c3 Y5 y/ v5 S Windows Live: 14,714 ' d4 d: X& O, x. S0 `+ W7 ?6 LApple iOS 5: 13,366 5.39.217.769 B' P6 u7 t- v4 t, ~8 o Facebook: 11,195 * b. i( R8 n8 A: f ^* g# k公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 2 }5 O2 Y+ E! x4 m2 C5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 / x+ x Z5 u8 t2 y0 Y; b4 K6 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 7 t6 S N( K4 U% x% i5 D, O, 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。Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , r( U& w5 U& V9 w4 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。Twitter: 4,445 ( s% W. ` T: g2 X
" I* Z9 k2 Y2 D. R' a: I; d/ O' w公仔箱論壇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? 2 e& k4 ~4 h M7 D3 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) ^- N E v! `+ Y! @) `8 ~
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇. g7 Q: y8 z4 M; x+ |3 T1 D
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇& N1 L3 k( \5 ^1 i! J; i9 S% L; q5 I
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?4 G! p; G |) B8 V- z- E
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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.+ [) M7 Q1 f* n. N' `
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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. 9 c$ u7 ?7 Z% b" D$ O9 m: Q公仔箱論壇 9 c9 I5 t" R: W2 T! q) u
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