articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 sightsound industry intellectual property & audio video ecommerce founded 1995 headquarters pittsburgh usa key people arthur r. hair & scott c. sander founders website http www.sightsound.com sightsound technologies is an intellectual property company focused on licensing its portfolio of domestic and international patents . sightsound technologies has been issued 50 patents . 1 2 3 history edit 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 . 4 on august 18 1995 sightsound technologies inks the first distribution deal with a recording artist to sell music on the internet . the gathering field a pittsburgh band sells their album on sightsound.com . 5 on october 7 1997 arthur hair receives his second patent system for transmitting desired digital video or audio signals . 6 on april 13 1999 sightsound technologies sells darren aronofsky s pi as a pay per view download . this is the first movie sold on the internet . 7 on april 18 2000 sightsound technologies announced an agreement with miramax to distribute twelve of its films for download via miramax s websites . 8 on may 5 2000 sightsound releases quantum project the first celebrity driven movie created to be distributed solely through the internet . 9 quantum project stars stephen dorff fay masterson and john cleese . 10 references edit sightsound technologies successfully settles patent case against cdnow and n2k press release . pr newswire . 24 february 2004 . retrieved 11 october 2011 . petzinger jr. thomas 7 may 1999 . two entrepreneurs try to turn net patent into a blockbuster . wall street journal . retrieved 28 october 2011 . sweeting paul 23 february 2004 . music e tailers agree to play sightsound s tune . variety . retrieved 12 october 2011 . us 5191573 method for transmitting a desired digital video or audio signal . united states patent 5191573 . retrieved 28 october 2011 . digital sight sound rolls out first patented methodfor sale of digital audio video over the internet . business wire . 18 may 1998 . retrieved 28 october 2011 . us 5675734 system for transmitting desired digital video or audio signals . united states patent 5675734 . retrieved 28 october 2011 . graser marc 7 march 2000 . sightsound to netcast franchise pix . variety . retrieved 28 october 2011 . orwall bruce 18 april 2000 . disney s miramax to distribute films online via sightsound.com technology . the wall street journal . retrieved 28 october 2011 . future features . variety . 14 april 2000 . retrieved 28 october 2011 . lyman rick 14 april 2000 . at the movies ; quantum leap to the internet . the new york times . retrieved 28 october 2011 . external links edit company site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sightsound & oldid 625456737 categories intellectual property organizationshidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2014 at 00 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view