[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! s" t. w4 q9 t) d$ ~, E
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5.39.217.760 x6 O. n/ J1 u% x
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76: h8 U& P/ R) p4 h+ M

. a5 x) G5 ^1 }公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner
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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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+ n2 \; q6 G  p0 i! ^1 tTVBNOW 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。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。  ], g+ g( d5 l1 u; u
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 Z4 Z2 O8 @) z' Q3 j8 F

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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.761 ^3 J' q. F4 e+ M8 y% f, A
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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.
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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.- ~+ X* Y  T/ R5 E  s  v

3 n0 w8 V: Q& a$ ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’
; {% z+ y8 N0 H* w2 F0 OAmazon, 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.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。, M- n5 i  Z+ h! j) {+ i  ^2 e

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/ @: A7 l8 e# W2 w公仔箱論壇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.
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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 ^. l) m/ D% O. E
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- G9 t& m; B  P2 T* P
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words6 U! r4 |  I. v9 k
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS
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Hamlet: 30,066 5 C* F1 I/ ~4 r  F, S
Apple iTunes: 19,972
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Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 L" Z* Q+ D' B0 H! P% W9 W4 ]* H
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ) n' ?# \% i9 G! L! J
Facebook: 11,195
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Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 a3 Z4 ^; ]9 N
Amazon Kindle: 7,115 , O. M; R/ s' j# ~# Z& k' T6 f
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.76* T- @0 r" V* P0 W
Twitter: 4,445
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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: c0 v( ?- @; n; n8 R" ?- k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.
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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.
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, B0 b: @  {# W# V1 [9 H( q! i9 t; S公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; N& x0 h# O! Q% {
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