Preview Systems and Samsung Electronics Connect Portable Digital Music Devices to Online Music Download Services

Business Wire, April 17, 2000

Business/High-Tech Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000

Samsung's Portable Device Customers Can Purchase and Immediately

Download Music from Online Retailers

Preview Systems' (Nasdaq:PRVW) digital goods commerce solution is being deployed by Samsung Electronics America Inc. (SEA) to enable online purchases of digital music downloads through a PC to the Yepp(TM) line of portable music players. With Preview's solution, Samsung can offer portable music devices that give music fans more immediate access to the digital music they want, whenever and wherever they want it.

Consumers will be able to purchase secure music downloads online and easily transfer them from a PC to the Yepp digital music player. Samsung expects that future generations of its portable music players will allow consumers to download music securely from the Internet directly to the device.

With its deployment of Preview's technology, Samsung also joins Preview's network of record labels, distributors, service providers and online retailers, and it can leverage these relationships to provide fully licensed content for the Yepp devices. Samsung's portable device customers will have access to a growing inventory of digital music content so they can keep the music on their players new and current.

"By integrating Preview's digital goods commerce technology into our Yepp portable music devices we are giving consumers greater flexibility to purchase and play digital music wherever they are, not wherever their PC is," said Dr. Hee Min Kwon, senior vice president and general manager of Samsung. "Preview's technology lets us satisfy music fans who want to easily download digital music while helping to meet the demands of the recording industry, which wants digital music to be secure. Most importantly, it creates a seamless download and purchase experience for our customers so they can spend more time enjoying their music, not figuring out how to get it."

"As part of our network of record labels, service providers, distributors, resellers and hardware manufacturers, Samsung can now offer its customers access to a growing library of digital music content that is available for immediate download," added Vincent Pluvinage, CEO of Preview Systems. "Samsung's deployment is evidence of the flexibility and scalability of our digital goods commerce solution and how it is being used to accommodate music consumers' demands for immediate fulfillment of digital downloads."

Samsung's deployment of Preview Systems' solution extends Preview's network to include consumer playback device manufacturers, further completing the process for delivering digital goods from publishers to consumers. Preview's network also consists of companies such as EMI Recorded Music, Navarre, Supertracks, Reciprocal, Ingram Micro, Musicland, Corel, Symantec, Macromedia and others.

About Preview Systems

Preview Systems' technology solutions enable global e-commerce networks for electronically distributing and licensing digital goods. Its systems provide an Internet-based infrastructure to connect publishers of software, music and other digital products, simultaneously to any of their distribution channels. Distribution rights, branding, licensing transactions and reports, worldwide electronic fulfillment to end-users and control of their usage rights are securely managed in real-time. Preview Systems is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol PRVW.

About Samsung

Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J. Samsung Electronics America Inc. (SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEC, markets a broad range of consumer electronics and information systems products. The SEA organization oversess the North American operations of Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Electronics Canada and Samsung Electronics Mexico.

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC) is one of Korea's largest integrated electronics manufacturers, with sales revenue of US$22.8 billion, and is a world leader in the electronics industry. SEC employs more than 54,000 people worldwide and has established a global network of 21 production plants, 29 sales subsidiaries and 24 branch offices in 50 countries since embarking on global operations in 1969. The company consists of three main business units: Multimedia & Home Appliances, Semiconductors and Information & Telecommunications. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.samsungdigital.com or http://www.samsungyepp.com.

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The statements contained in this news release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. These include statements regarding Preview Systems' expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future and, in particular, growth of the digital music marketplace, acceptance and use of our announced customer's products, its deployment of our solution, and consumer downloads of content through our solution. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: the growth and acceptance of electronic distribution of music and the use of portable listening devices and other related hardware; the amount of premium content from well-known artists available for digital download; the remaining time and effort required to complete the customer's deployment, which may be longer than anticipated; technical challenges specific to the customer's implementation of our solution and the ability of the solution to achieve desired security and other expected business benefits. Actual results may differ materially due to these and other factors. The matters discussed in this news release also involve risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Preview's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the Risk Factors described in Preview's final Prospectus dated December 7, 1999 for its initial public offering and our news releases. Preview Systems assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release.