IBM and Xerox Intend to Join Forces for Intellectual Property Protection on
the Internet

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 1 (Internet World, Booth # 1207) . . . IBM and Xerox
announced today they intend to jointly develop and integrate key
technologies to protect intellectual property on the Internet. The
technologies involved include IBM's Cryptolope* containers for securing
content, and Xerox's Digital Property Rights Language (DPRL), a language
for specifying the rules governing the use and pricing of content.

The two companies plan to share technologies currently under development,
with the intention of working together to enhance and integrate them, and
will support them in various products and services. Their focus will be on
protecting digital content, controlling its use and facilitating
appropriate payment to its owners.

John Kavazanjian, vice president and general manager, Network Software, for
Xerox Production Systems said, "Xerox plans to provide complementary
products and services to IBM's infoMarket service, which facilitate
intellectual property distribution and rights management technology,
extending the capabilities of the service."

IBM's Cryptolope containers are a fundamental element of the IBM infoMarket
service. The Cryptolope technology provides a secure container for
distribution of digital content and enables a payment mechanism through
which content providers can receive payment for those works which are
distributed online.

The IBM infoMarket service has created a secure environment for content
providers to reach a worldwide audience of millions over the Internet. By
enhancing security and rights management, this new service is providing
digital publishers with the incentive to create and distribute their
content electronically.

"A major inhibitor to the expansion of information commerce, as well as the
availability of quality and quantity of online content, has been the lack
of good rights management," said Jeff Crigler, vice president, IBM
infoMarket. "By executing on our plan, we will be able to provide greater
control over the use of content, thus encouraging content providers to
make higher quality content available on the Internet."

Xerox's DPRL technology, created by Dr. Mark Stefik at the Palo Alto
Research Center, provides the language needed by content providers to
specifically designate what actions are sanctioned by end users with
regard to specific intellectual property. In combination, these two
technologies will afford intellectual property rights holders the means
for enhancing their control over the use of their content within a network
environment.

"IBM's Cryptolope technology provides the market with an important first
product. By combining it with a flexible rights language, we will prepare
the way for products downstream that offer far greater capabilities,"
stated Mark Stefik, director, Digital Property Rights Business Team.

As the Document Company, Xerox recognizes that a common rights language is
a key step in creating compatible products and services which can exchange
digital works securely and support the range of uses that consumers will
demand.

IBM

IBM has been a pioneer in the development of the Internet. It designed
special hardware and software, and provided operations support for key
networks that make up today's Internet, including the Internet's primary
backbone, the NSFnet. IBM also helped form Advanced Network & Services
(ANS), the organization which had been responsible for managing and
servicing the NSFnet from its inception until the beginning of 1995.

IBM offers hardware, software, consulting and services to help customers
take advantage of the potential of the Internet. Whether addressing an
individual need or creating a total enterprise solution, IBM provides the
expertise required to plan, design, implement and operate an Internet
solution for businesses.

To learn more about IBM's Internet activities, visit the IBM Internet home
page at: http://www.internet.ibm.com or the IBM Corporation home page at
http://www.ibm.com.

To learn more about Xerox activities, visit the Xerox home page at:
http://www.xerox.com.

Please Note: Questions about the content or currency of this press release
should be directed to your local IBM representative.
 
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