Company Demands 1% Share of Online Music Profit

Neuroprophet writes "It appears a company named SIGHTSOUND.COM is claiming to have patents on the selling of audio content over the internet as downloadable files. This letter was sent to MP3.com telling them they need to pay a 1% royalty or stop selling downloadable music." Look people- you can't patent selling a download just because it's a new data type. The letter claims that they have a patent on downloadable video as well. People have been selling downloadable data online for years.Just because its sound and not sight doesn't make it different. It's all just 1's and 0's! I'll be ecstatic when this joke is thrown out.