Settlement reached before case went to federal district court
VARIETY – By Paul Sweeting
02/23/2004
WASHINGTON — In an accord with wide-reaching implications for the music and movie download biz, Bertelsmann Music subsids CDNow and N2K have agreed not to contest a series of patents held by SightSound Technologies […]
Continue Reading →VARIETY – By Paul Sweeting
02/14/2002
WASHINGTON — In a twist that could put a kink in studio and record company online plans, a federal magistrate in Pennsylvania has ruled that patents held by SightSound Technologies for distributing audio and video files over telecommunications networks covers Internet distribution.
The ruling, in a suit brought […]
Continue Reading →Fortune Magazine – Excerpt
01/01/2001
SightSound.com hopes you’ll pay for some of the coolest shorts, movies and music on the Web. The idea of paying may not appeal to all Net surfers, but the prices are very reasonable, and the content is top notch. The 32-minute hit, Quantum Project v 4.0, goes for $3.95.
Continue Reading →Variety – Justin Oppelaar
11/30/2000
SightSound retools for move from content to tech
NEW YORK — In an apparent move to distance itself from the perilous world of online entertainment distribution, SightSound.com is expanding and reorienting its corporate structure toward technology rather than content, as well as taking on a new name.
The Pennsylvania-based […]
Continue Reading →Gear Magazine – Steve Appleford
12/31/2000
[#70] SIGHTSOUND.COM
A film, animation and music site, Sightsound.com has made its name with ‘The Quantum Project’, a downloadable sci-fi drama starring Stephen Dorff and John Cleese that is the first feature film made specifically for the Internet.
Continue Reading →eVariety – Justin Oppelaar
10/01/2000
With all the crowding by online media pundits lately about the impending broadband Internet revolution, you’d think everyone is now hooked up to the fat data pipe, enjoying all sorts of multimedia content at lightning speed. Hardly.
While ‘Net monitor Jupiter Communications predicts that over 15 million U.S. homes […]
Continue Reading →MSNBC – MSNBC Staff and Wire Reports
09/25/2000
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 — Almost every week a high- profile dot-com entertainment venture seems to shut down or lay off much of its staff. But it’s not all doom and gloom in the world of Webcasting. Sightsound.com will become the online home for past episodes […]
Continue Reading →Wired – Debra Kaufman
06/01/2000
While the studios dither over Web strategies, a relatively small production house called Metafilmics rolled tape, clapped states, and produced Quantum Project – a 35-minute drama now playing exclusively at www.sightsound.com. “We’re hoping,” says its coproducer Barnet Bain, “that Quantum Project will help instigate a quantum leap.”
Countless movies […]
Continue Reading →CBS.MarketWatch.com – Frank Barnako
07/17/2000
Microsoft (MSFT: news. msgs) said Monday its final version of Windows Media Player 7, to be released at midnight, Pacific time, will include software from Adaptec (ADPT: news, msgs) to support creating custom CDs. The software also offers a built-in media guide. CD copying, a radio tuner, and support […]
Continue Reading →Information World – Geneva Sapp
07/01/2000
THE EMERGENCE OF broadband technology, with its promise to reach an even greater number of Internet users, is forcing many digital-media companies to rethink their business strategies. Specifically, companies such as Miramax, Sony, Time Warner, and Universal try to take advantage of a channel that unites sales and […]
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