FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------- of interest to editors/journalists covering: Advertising, Ad Agencies, Publishers, Marketing, licensing, copyright, reprint REPRINT SERVICES ACQUIRES ICOPYRIGHT INSTANT CLEARANCE SERVICE ST. PAUL, Minn. - Feb. 6, 2003 /PRnetwire.com/ -- Reprint Services, the St. Paul, Minnesota, based custom reprint marketing company, has acquired iCopyright Instant Clearance Service, of Seattle, Washington. These two companies have unified their resources and will now conduct business under the RSiCopyright name from headquarters in St. Paul. Bringing together the unique assets of Reprint Services and iCopyright, RSiCopyright is positioned to provide an expansive collection of content marketing tools, custom reprints and digital licensing services—far greater than current service customers have known. Service users, who wish to obtain instant licensing, or custom-printed reprints will have access to millions of articles from hundreds of online and printed publications. The combined company, RSiCopyright, serves over 50,000 corporate and educational users in North America. "This venture and the Instant Clearance technology are tremendous steps in the worldwide efforts towards copyright protection and content licensing," said Corey Johnson, President of RSiCopyright. Background of Reprint Services Reprint Services, a founding company in the published reprint industry, has been providing customized reprints in multiple formats since the 1950's. Throughout their 50 years of operation, they have been recognized as an award-winning company based on their product as well as their facilities. Background of iCopyright iCopyright was created in 1998 with the development and introduction of the "Instant Clearance Service." This service is the world's first online automated clearinghouse to instantly reprint, reuse, and distribute any content published on the Internet with patent pending technology. PRESS CONFERENCE A press conference is scheduled for 10:10 a.m., CST, on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 to officially announce the new venture. Members of each former corporate entity will be available for questions and comments. Instructions for call-in and on-site participation in the press conference will be sent via separate cover. For more information about RSiCopyright, visit www.rsicopyright.com. MEDIA CONTACT FOR RSiCOPYRIGHT: Corey Johnson Phone: (651) 582-3800 cjj@rsicopyright.com MEDIA CONTACT FOR DATA DEPTH, d.b.a iCOPYRIGHT: Mike O'Donnell Phone: (206) 621-1475 ext. 601 mike@datadepth.com # # # [source of news = RSiCOPYRIGHT] S2P-SEL// Reprint Services Acquires iCopyright Instant Clearance Service ref: http://www.send2press.com/2archive/pr_03_0206-rsic.txt ---------------------------------------------