INFO2CLEAR ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH ADOBE Further expansion of the DRM service get-a-view

Info2clear, the leading European player in digital copyright clearance, announced today that it has concluded an agreement with Adobe Systems, Incorporated. Via Info2clears Digital Rights Management services, publishers and retailers can now distribute Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)-based eBooks in a secure way. Info2clear further expands its get-a-view service to the business environment. Since Adobe eBooks are based on Adobe PDF, they are perfectly suited for business reports and technical texts.

Info2clear, the leading European player in digital copyright clearance, announced today that it has concluded an agreement with Adobe Systems, Incorporated. Via Info2clears Digital Rights Management services, publishers and retailers can now distribute Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)-based eBooks in a secure way. Info2clear further expands its get-a-view service to the business environment. Since Adobe eBooks are based on Adobe PDF, they are perfectly suited for business reports and technical texts.
Adobe Content Server and Adobe Acrobat® eBook Reader
Info2clear will integrate Adobe Content Server and Adobe Acrobat® eBook Reader into its clearance infrastructure. The Adobe Content Server is an end-to-end software solution that enables publishers, online content distributors and resellers to secure and distribute Adobe PDF-based eBooks. Adobe's solution enables content providers to encrypt their Adobe PDF files for immediate online sales as eBooks. The software works easily with existing IT environments, allowing users to secure intellectual property and tightly control digital rights and distribution.
Publishers are extremely concerned about revenue loss due to illegal copying and clearly fear an analogy to Napster for eBooks", says Jan Spooren, Vice President Technical Developments and Executive Director at Info2clear. The Adobe Content Server offers a number of very appealing DRM features, allowing the publisher to define precisely which kind of access he wishes to grant the end-user."
Info2clear extends its get-a-view service
Info2clear offers with get-a-view, a Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution to publishers, retailers and enterprises. With get-a-view they will be able to distribute eBooks or highly valuable reports, without the risk of unauthorized access, copying or distribution. The content owner determines himself the level of security and access to which the final 'reader will be able to view the information.

With the increasing usage of e-mail, businesses are looking for a secure on-line distribution of their confidential information. A version of the get-a-view service has been designed specifically for businesses and publishers of business information; any organization that frequently distributes valuable content. As the Adobe Acrobat® eBook Reader offers users vivid, visually accurate representations of graphics-intensive eBooks, it answers perfectly the demand to virtually deliver business plans, balance sheets or research reports with the highest available level of protection," explains Anthony Belpaire, CEO and Director of the Board at Info2clear.

We welcome Info2clears developments which help to make Adobe PDF-based eBooks available to customers around the world. Using Adobe Content Server, Info2clears service, get-a-view is extending the benefits of secure document distribution to many new markets." says James Alexander, Director eBooks at Adobe Systems.

For more information:
Anthony Belpaire / Sigrid Debusschere
Info2clear
Tel.: 00 32 (0)2 529 59 02
Fax: 00 32 (0)2 706 52 77
E-mail: sigrid@info2clear.com
Website: www.info2clear.com

About Info2clear
Info2clear - backed by ABN AMRO, Belgacom Multimedia Ventures, Deloitte&Touche and CD Technicom - is working on the development of an international clearance infrastructure. The company has partnerships running with Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, the VUM (for De Standaard), Roularta Media Group, The Copenhagen Post, Bird&Bird, SOFAM (the Belgian collecting society for rights in the visual arts) and in the UK with Forme Communications (e.g. Publishing Magazine). Info2clear has concluded an agreement with Microsoft Corp., for the integration of the Microsoft Digital Asset Server (DAS) and Microsoft Reader software into its clearance infrastructure, and with Franklin Publishers (Franklin Reader). In France Info2clear concluded a partnership with Numilog for the distribution of eBooks in Microsoft Reader format. Info2clear has further strengthened its international market position by entering into a number of important partnerships with Lannoo, Best of Publishing, VNU, the Dutch publishing groups Wegener and Iconomy Publishers and the Swiss company Tamedia.
With get-a-seal Info2clear offers a service for the registration of (intellectual) information and so acts from this perspective as a 'digital notary'. The intellectual property submitted is protected by an unforgeable seal.
With get-a-copy Info2clear has a professional tool for managing the rights to digital publications.
With get-a-view Info2clear offers a Digital Rights Management solution for publishers, booksellers and companies with which they can share electronic books or extremely important reports without the risk of them being read, copied or distributed by unauthorized persons.