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To: who cares? who wrote (212)	12/10/2000 2:22:13 PM
From: blebovits	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 609

G. Munster: Ok. Finally, I know you guys want to keep everybody pretty .....conservative on this, but in terms of the audio trials, any sort of feedback? I know you guys had a number of CDs that went out for Beta testing. Any feedback on how that's going? B. Krepick: Well, we're very close, Gene, to starting to get some of the preliminary results, and I think that, no matter what we get, we are still hopeful that we can go to one or more of the major music labels and have them participate in their own trial. I think the way that people want to ultimately decide on both the effectiveness and the playability of this technology, is to actually put it out in the field with real customers. So, we hope within the next 30 days or so to enter into some kind of trial agreement with one of the major music labels on that. macrovision.com

To: who cares? who wrote (212)	12/10/2000 3:26:43 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 609

SunnComm Inc. Rolls Out Copy Protection Solution to Recording Industry Friday December 8, 6:06 am Eastern Time Press Release SunnComm Inc. Rolls Out Copy Protection Solution to Recording Industry SunnComm Eliminates Piracy for Fahrenheit Recording Artists PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2000--SunnComm Inc. (OTC:SUNX - news) Friday announced that it has signed an agreement with Fahrenheit Entertainment (OTC:FHOT - news) to allow their record label subsidiaries to utilize SunnComm's proprietary copy protection software. Fahrenheit is the parent company of several well-known record labels, including Fahrenheit Records, Finer Arts Records, and Celsius Records and enjoys worldwide distribution of its high quality audio compact discs. The licensing agreement permits the record company to release its audio compact disc with the SUN-X Sentinel® copy protection beginning in the first quarter 2001. Fahrenheit plans to release thousands of copy-protected compact discs monthly which will incorporate the SUN-X Sentinel® technology. John D. Aquilino, chairman and chief technology officer for SunnComm said, ``SunnComm is very pleased about our licensing agreement with Fahrenheit Entertainment and their subsidiaries.'' ``We have solved the problem,'' continued Aquilino. ``For the first time in the history of the music industry, a record label will release a compact disc that cannot be digitally copied. This is a very important first step toward stopping the unauthorized copying and distribution of digital music worldwide. Our SunnComm Copy Protection software and technology will make the leap from development to the recording industry.'' Peter Trimarco, president/chief executive officer of Fahrenheit commented, ``Upon seeing the technology and recognizing its potential, we are extremely excited to become the first American record label to take a pro-active role in the fight to protect the intellectual property rights of artists, producers and publishers.'' SunnComm Inc. owns patent applications designed to encrypt, compress, and copy-protect digital music, video and other intellectual digital properties as they are transmitted on the Internet, or recorded on compact discs or DVD. The SunnComm patents and the continuing development of the technology offer the company proprietary opportunities within the entire entertainment and software industries, both nationally and internationally. For more information, contact Mario Ike at National Financial Communications at 800/878-9460 or SunnComm Inc. at 602/267-7500. Statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may be considered ``forward-looking statements'' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. We caution the reader that such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Unknown risk, uncertainties as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors could cause actual results to materially differ from the results, performance, or expectations expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: National Financial Communications Mario Ike, 800/878-9460 or SunnComm Inc., Phoenix 602/267-7500

To: who cares? who wrote (212)	12/10/2000 6:50:44 PM
From: afrayem onigwecher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 609

CC: Hi, good afternoon to you, gentlemen. I had one quick question following up some of the items that Steve raised. Reading an article in Business Week this morning. I see a line that says any attempt to produce MP3 files from protected CDs also fails. Could you elaborate on how your technology might prevent CD to mp3 copying? MT: Yes, Cliff, our technology prevents the ripping, what's called in the jargon, to rip tracks off a CD. It doesn't matter whether you're trying to put that music on a CD-R or you're just trying to make an MP3 file out of it, our technology is the same and the effect is the same. So what that Business Week article means is that the same way that our technology will prevent copying from CD to CD, it will also prevent making wav files, which are in turn turned into MP3. ttrtech.com