SightSound Technologies is an
intellectual property
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company focused on licensing its portfolio of domestic and international patents. SightSound Technologies has been issued 50 patents.
History
SightSound Technologies began in the mid-1980s when company founder Arthur R. Hair invented a method and system for the electronic sale of digital audio and video recordings. In 1995, Mr. Hair and Scott C. Sander founded SightSound Technologies to commercialize Hair’s invention. On March 2, 1993, Arthur Hair was issued his first patent, "Method for Transmitting a Desired Digital Video or Audio Signal."
On August 18, 1995, SightSound Technologies signed the first distribution deal with a recording artist to sell music on the internet as file downloads:
The Gathering Field
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The Gathering Field legacy bega ...
sold their debut album on SightSound.com.
On October 7, 1997, Arthur Hair receives his second patent, "System for Transmitting Desired Digital Video or Audio Signals."
On April 13, 1999, SightSound Technologies sold
Darren Aronofsky
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Aronof ...
's ''
Pi'' as a
pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
download
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, making it the first ever film to be sold as a download on the
Internet
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.
On April 18, 2000, SightSound Technologies announced an agreement with
Miramax
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It was initially a leadi ...
to distribute twelve of its films for download via Miramax's websites.
On May 5, 2000, SightSound releases
Quantum Project, the first celebrity-driven movie created to be distributed solely through the internet. Quantum Project stars
Stephen Dorff
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,
Fay Masterson
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and
John Cleese
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.
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