A system for transmitting desired digital video or digital audio signals stored on a first memory of a first party at a first party location to a second memory of a second party at a second party location comprising:
- a first memory at a first party location, said first memory in possession and control of the first party, said first memory comprising a first party hard disk in which the desired digital video or digital audio signals are stored;
- a second memory in possession and control of the second party, wherein said second memory is at a second party location remote from said first memory, said second memory comprising a second party hard disk in which the desired digital video or digital audio signals are stored that are received from the first memory and a playback random access memory connected to the second party hard disk;
- telecommunications lines;
- means or a mechanism for the first party to charge a fee to the second party and provide access to the desired digital video or digital audio signals at the first party location remote from the second party location, said first party controlling use of the first memory, said second party controlling use and in possession of the second memory, said means or mechanism for the first party to charge a fee includes means or a mechanism for transferring money electronically from the second party via telecommunications lines to the first party at the first party location remote from the second memory at the second party location;
- means or a mechanism for connecting electronically via telecommunications lines the first memory with the second memory such that the desired digital video or digital audio signals can pass therebetween, said connecting means or mechanism in electrical communication with the transferring means or mechanism, said connecting means or mechanism comprises a first control unit disposed at the first party location and a second control unit disposed at the second party location remote from said first control unit, said first control unit comprises a first control panel, first control integrated circuit, and a sales random access memory connected to the first hard disk for temporarily storing a replica of the desired digital video or digital audio signals to be transmitted from the first control unit, said sales random access memory, said first hard disk and said first control panel in electrical communication with said first control integrated circuit, said second control unit comprising a second control panel, a second control integrated circuit, and an incoming random access memory which temporarily stores the desired digital video or digital audio signals transmitted from the sales random access memory, said playback random access memory connected to the incoming random access memory for temporarily storing a replica of the desired digital video signals or digital audio signals to be played, said incoming random access memory connected to said second party hard disk, said second control panel, said incoming random access memory, said second party hard disk and said playback random access memory in electrical communication with said second control integrated circuit;
- means or a mechanism for transmitting the desired digital video or digital audio signals from the sales random access memory to the incoming random access memory, said means or mechanism for transmitting comprising a transmitter connected to the sales random access memory and the telecommunications lines and a receiver connected to the incoming random access memory, the transmitter and the telecommunications lines, said first party in control and possession of the transmitter, said second party in control and possession of the receiver, said receiver remote from said transmitter, and said receiver at the second party location determined by the second party, said transmitting means or mechanism in electrical communication with said connecting means or mechanism;
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- means or a mechanism for storing the desired digital video or digital audio signals from the sales random access memory in the incoming random access memory, said storing means or mechanism in electrical communication with said receiver of said transmitting means or mechanism and with said sales random access memory.