SNOCAP Continues to Expand Catalog by Adding Leading Independent Music Companies

Business Wire, Oct 31, 2006

The Orchard, CD Baby, Epitaph, Koch Records, Redeye Distribution, Virtual Label, Zebralution and others to add their catalogs to SNOCAP's Digital Registry

SAN FRANCISCO -- SNOCAP, the first end-to-end provider of digital licensing, copyright management services and artist distribution for the digital music marketplace, today announced licensing deals with a number of leading independent music companies. As part of the agreements, the companies will upload and register their extensive music catalogs into SNOCAP's Digital Registry, expanding the distribution of their content to include SNOCAP-powered artist stores and online retailers.

Companies that have reached agreements with SNOCAP include The Orchard, CD Baby, Baby New Year, Big Fish Media, Panartist, Redeye Distribution and Virtual Label. In addition, leading independent record labels that have recently reached recent agreements with SNOCAP include Acony Records, Epitaph Records, Flat Town Music, Goin' Native, Groove Source, Koch Records, Memphis Industries, Metropolitan Hybrid, Pravda, Sound Choice, Toucan Cove and Zebralution.

SNOCAP's easy-to-use web-based interface will allow these companies to clear and manage their licensing rights across multiple retail destinations. It will simplify the process for their artists to create digital storefronts on their websites or MySpace or other social networking sites.

"These companies offer a tremendous range of indie music that will be a great addition to the content in SNOCAP's Digital Registry," said Rusty Rueff, chief executive officer for SNOCAP. "We're thrilled to help extend the reach for these valued partners and see them take full advantage of our partnership with MySpace that enables bands to sell music directly from their profiles or websites."

"The digital music revolution has empowered independent artists to reach a global audience in new and innovative ways," said Greg Scholl, chief executive of The Orchard. "SNOCAP, particularly with their landmark relationship with MySpace, is positioned to transform digital retail even further, and The Orchard looks forward to working with our artists and labels to take full advantage of this powerful new sales and discovery platform."

"While the digital music landscape continues to change every day, one thing remains unchanged, and that is the desire for talented new artists to reach the biggest possible audience," said Derek Sivers, president of CD Baby. "Through SNOCAP's powerful Digital Registry, we can expose our artists to new distribution opportunities, helping them to reach new fans and increase sales of their music."

For more information or for labels and artists to sign up and begin their registration process, please visit www.snocap.com.

About SNOCAP

SNOCAP's easy-to-use service for registering digital content and managing online distribution will enable a more vibrant digital music marketplace, bringing more music to more people through more outlets. SNOCAP's Digital Registry empowers artists and labels to easily promote and sell their music through digital retailers or through their own unique artist store. In turn, these retailers have a growing inventory, offering more music to more fans. SNOCAP's products include the P2P Plug-in (allowing P2P to be used in a copyright respecting manner) and SNOCAP Linx (to seamlessly integrate content sales into a web site).

SNOCAP provides digital music technology and services to leaders in the global marketplace for digital music, including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, EMI, TVT Records, Artemis Records/Sheridan Square Entertainment, Beggars Group, Nettwerk Records, Matador Records, One Little Indian Records, Ryko Group and an extensive roster of other leading independent labels. Founded by Shawn Fanning, Jordan Mendelson and Ron Conway in 2003, the company is based in San Francisco.