To: Tupulak who wrote (23 ) 9/3/2000 11:05:02 PM From: Tupulak Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25 8/25/00 - Appointment of Director, Investor & Public Relations RIGHTSMARKET INC ("RTS-V") - Appointment of Director, Investor & Public Relations Lindsay Moir, President and Chief Executive Officer, RightsMarket Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerk Hilton to the new position of Director, Investor and Public Relations. "Kerk Hilton brings significant experience in working with public companies, including a TSE-listed Canadian company and a NASDAQ-listed U.S. technology company," says Moir. "Considering the attention that digital rights management is now receiving publicly through consumer-oriented situations such as Napster and Stephen King's e-publishing efforts, Kerk's goal will be to ensure that RightsMarket's compelling story is brought to the attention of investors and investment analysts throughout North America, and to customers, technology analysts and trade/business media." Kerk Hilton is an investor relations and communications professional with over 12 years of experience, most recently employed as Director, Investor Relations and Communications at JAWS Technologies Inc. and as Manager, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at Prudential Steel Ltd., a TSE 300 company. Prior, he was employed in a senior communications position with a national petroleum industry trade and lobbying association. He serves on the Alberta Board of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute and on the Advisory Board of the Mount Royal College Public Relations Program. "Kerk is another great addition to the team that we're high caliber building. During the past few months, we've grown significantly in our technology and development teams, now employing over 30 people. I am confident that we're at the stage that our technology will soon be commercialized and that our pilot programs are going very well. These developments will be important to the success of our company, and it is imperative that they be communicated in a timely and professional manner," said Moir. About RightsMarket RightsMarket Inc. is a publicly traded, high technology company (CDNX-RTS) specializing in digital rights management. Its principal product is RightsPublish, 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 at www.RightsMarket.com TEL: (403) 668-5026 RightsMarket Inc. Kerk Hilton, Director, Investor and Public Relations E-mail: hiltonk@RightsMarket.com Internet: www.RightsMarket.com