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 # h, M7 ]) b$ X$ X( o1 a' @: J " r* ^9 z/ Q, D! Y2 x公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇- d) r/ [! T: k. c; y. `
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes6 _; o$ C9 C. B8 X
2 p% ~+ M' R: a; J) H; M8 hTVBNOW 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。By Tom Gardner H7 ^7 O/ T1 S( B公仔箱論壇 ' U* N4 c9 Y/ e$ w6 ?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 P: d e0 ?3 x, g8 P; F* N
. B/ W1 ?% T$ x4 H5 j5.39.217.76Which? 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。' c$ C3 [. y' B$ ~7 c
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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. * A( B1 L" Z" w" b/ G- \" y5 r5 ]$ N. W/ E0 l4 j 0 {: ^8 Z& M7 x+ ATough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇/ _6 j$ t6 Q7 f6 [% o6 {
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇7 B" B1 G0 l3 s8 X A. p0 |
) P3 S4 j* n4 ~+ G6 M, B: @The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. # H( r0 g4 T4 y: etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ M* p0 G0 j+ ?4 q8 n8 I
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。/ U: M# ]% n# Z8 W1 w8 [* E6 ?) h
9 Q; t! C m) u2 g: f( a* ]: \2 H: }‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ ( W7 k( S. T& c2 _5 M5 T) gtvb 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.0 j5 l1 t1 D; A+ j3 Y
+ u: g2 Y4 g: x$ ^" v% 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。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. $ I8 o) t1 d# c6 `+ 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。5 [- V4 L- ]) ]" o5 K+ E
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. 7 p/ N5 y5 H r: j v& Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : M9 X4 m2 K' U$ u# Z8 QHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 v) |. D3 }( i3 @3 O7 M1 Z
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 6 C: b, ]0 f! \0 N( q, s; BTVBNOW 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。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。+ f9 f0 z! l O( R5 B$ s( g8 K ) s6 n1 A* _+ V5 I6 k8 X公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet . z' i9 ^9 Z/ q4 f0 S4 I* [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。 / j1 V6 B& N) m6 B! U7 L5.39.217.76 ; f" ]7 a7 Z% Y/ xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 H6 d5 N2 x9 r/ B3 W; u
! f3 K6 E7 A- V1 Y4 PTVBNOW 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 TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS : m$ t) J! @6 L1 v& e# {6 f/ d" Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPaypal: 36,275 . r. O0 X% a$ s4 ^, ZHamlet: 30,066 . W- y; y4 f8 \* ` Apple iTunes: 19,972 7 Z6 C8 @: n' L" N公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 7 P+ C/ R" S9 r公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 ! z4 z# B6 y, V( c5 a Apple iOS 5: 13,366 7 d1 t. z& C1 h3 g" A9 K. X/ o P/ g& }5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& C2 @& s& L8 B Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5 ~2 w7 @( O, {7 j0 C1 F `" O: @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ C, u$ Q7 K! Z6 J& ? Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇; Z6 ]3 h4 A- M0 F1 ]* G" N Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 , Y+ u8 L- y5 N0 b; i9 [( z5 Q Twitter: 4,445 ! ]' S& P& C1 K& s/ j' ` [公仔箱論壇! u+ Q7 [, ?6 H* i4 {' n7 @* s
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? . z9 K5 p, ]$ l( O公仔箱論壇 3 G1 |* z/ C( R4 i4 @For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.公仔箱論壇- A b6 L I1 ~5 L2 ]) `
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Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 5 x- z. @2 s" J5 a' ^' Y: g' T/ W; O
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.公仔箱論壇# _/ s v5 Q8 k1 |. J' Y
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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.3 e' ]: I/ Z& _" Y4 ^. p5 j
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