[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth

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To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 7 H( s( \1 b  s1 B' n' I
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes
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9 V- y7 s+ x2 X8 SBy Tom Gardner. S4 L5 {2 K. g) ]. x( F
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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.
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- R) y, K+ K' RWhich? 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.
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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.
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" n7 {, Y/ _+ V; D3 ?. O* z8 k公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet.
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。  K# X/ b5 d% Q( m

- F& {6 v& T5 N3 T  t. j/ S公仔箱論壇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.
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’: `7 v2 ~1 o( v
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.
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8 c% U* i$ r$ K0 W9 P# }. nThe 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.
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- n) H) _/ V; W4 u2 o* b5.39.217.76It 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.3 A& j. ?( V( J% e: H
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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。: \& b4 d! R+ Q# g% O/ ]
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 `+ j/ _$ X( M1 \: k/ T3 i

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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ i" {+ v9 b: c% }* W7 l, c
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) ?+ b, J- t+ X) i0 |3 k) o/ f2 ]$ d5.39.217.76Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76% W+ `: [/ v2 N' U* O- C2 b

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Paypal: 36,275
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Apple iTunes: 19,972
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Windows Live: 14,714 + i0 x9 J; N: d4 |2 u/ L' w5 O3 i: u
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。- T3 b. |2 y- x5 b
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Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 4 f- K. s  W6 R' u7 V
Apple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇: w+ z- A. T$ B; S
Amazon Kindle: 7,115
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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?
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; m! M- a& Y$ |  |* b4 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.9 m; ?* W3 B0 h7 ~# b+ z
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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.
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6 i- r4 m8 q) e: o, t1 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.5.39.217.765 e3 b: q( Q+ v1 l1 ^& v
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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.4 E+ v9 Y( x% _0 h
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