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May 12/00 5/12/00 - Creates Online Solution For Scientific, Technical And RIGHTSMARKET COM INC ("RTS-V;RMKTF-L") - Creates Online Solution For Scientific, Technical And - Medical Publishers RightsMarket Inc., a world leader in Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, has engaged an expert marketing team comprised of U.S. publishing veterans Jack Jennings, Jim Mirrielees and Richard Roe. These professionals will leverage their extensive publishing and marketing experience to bring publishers within the scientific, technical and medical communities to the RightsMarket solution for online publishing. RightsMarket has created a new business model that will revolutionize the way publishers distribute text materials over the Internet. "These men understand the scientific and technical publishing industry, and have key relationships at senior levels throughout North America", says Jim Godsell, VP Business Development. "They are the best people to convey the enormous impact our technology can have on publishing sales and revenue because they can market to other publishers from a position of mutual understanding and experience." Technical, medical and scientific publishing, a growing segment of the multi-billion dollar publishing industry, is a prime target for RightsMarket's digital publication technology. Information in these areas is perpetually changing, and traditional publishing models cannot always meet the market demand for up-to-the-minute information. Digital medium offers consumers the ability to search, browse, index, archive and aggregate content with remarkable ease and speed. Using RightsMarket's leading-edge technology, publishers can build on existing distribution channels and offer consumers a range of options without compromising the security of their intellectual property. RightsMarket offers end-to-end digital and e-commerce fulfillment, providing unprecedented levels of content security and complete metering and royalty management. Jennings, Mirrielees and Roe have the industry knowledge and marketing expertise to position RightsMarket as the leading online solution for the secure distribution of digital content within the publishing community. Jim Mirrielees has over 20 years of senior executive experience with a range of publishing companies, including McGraw-Hill College Division, Raintree Publishers, Edunetics Corporation, Coronet/MTI Film & Video, and CBS International Publishing. Richard Roe has a strong track record in the areas of e-commerce and digital content with such companies as Auerbach Publications and Technomic Publishing As Vice President of University Associates/Pfeiffer & Co, he managed and administered a book publishing and marketing program that saw annual revenues grow 400% in a few short years. Jack Jennings is a veteran of the publishing industry with lengthy experience in education, trade and computer book publishing. Mr. Jennings pioneered the use of Desktop Publishing and assisted in the launch of SoftBook Press Inc.'s first e-book. RightsMarket Inc. is a publicly traded, high technology company (CDNX-RTS) specializing in digital rights management. Its principle product is RightsMarket technology, one of the first online solutions for protecting digital content on the Internet. RightsMarket dramatically increases security, reduces distribution costs and speeds delivery time to the consumer. The technology facilitates the commercial distribution of digital content by encrypting the property, authenticating users, enforcing the terms and conditions of use, and creating a transaction log for reporting and billing. The technology is "persistent" in that the digital content must be unlocked each time it is accessed by the user. RightsMarket is a trademark of RightsMarket.com Inc. For more information about RightsMarket please visit our website: www.RightsMarket.com TEL: (403) 571-1839 Rob Solinger, CFO E-MAIL: rob@RightsMarket.com TEL: (403) 571-1194 Jim Godsell, VP Business Development E-MAIL: godsellj@RightsMarket.com _____________________________________________ (