Amazon Unbox: Keep that package sealed

Amazon has a well deserved reputation as a (generally) excellent retailer and purveyor of leading edge business models. Their new movie download server – Amazon Unbox – however, is according to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing, rife with awfulness.

From a software client that borders on malware, to TOC’s that sign away your right to your purchased content, the service is plaugued by the typically heavy handed legal stylings of the MPAA. “http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/15/amazon_unbox_to_cust.html”>Read Cory’s article here for a complete analysis.