NewsBank Partners with Data Depth Corporation, Integrates iCopyright Licensing Services

Permissions Provide Customers with News Ways to Use Content, Generating Additional Revenue for Publishers

NAPLES, Fla./Wednesday, May 17, 2006 — NewsBank, inc., one of the world's premier information providers, announced a partnership with Data Depth Corporation, a leader in content marketing, content licensing and copyright permission. Through this partnership, NewsBank will provide Data Depth's award-winning iCopyright licensing services with content distributed online to customers in various markets worldwide.

iCopyright licensing and copyright compliance services benefit NewsBank customers by providing ad-supported free access and republication rights and by enabling users to enjoy email distribution, photocopies and custom reprints and e-prints. Also, by facilitating new ways to use articles, this partnership expands NewsBank's range of services that help its publishing partners generate revenue and leverage exclusive current and archived content.

"With NewsBank's extensive content distribution capabilities and iCopyright's content licensing system, millions of readers will have content delivered to their desktops that they can not only read, but also instantly license and reuse to meet their needs. This partnership is unique because publishers can now further monetize the reuse of their content through a premier syndication channel partner," said Mike O'Donnell, President and CEO of iCopyright.

"This partnership with iCopyright is a natural extension of the services that we currently provide our publishing partners. It is exciting to further expand our suite of services for the news publishing community," said Chuck Palsho, President of NewsBank Media Services." This gives our partners a new approach to reuse and monetize their content online. It's a win-win for everyone in the content value chain."

For more information on Data Depth Corporation, visit www.datadepth.com. For more information on NewsBank Media Services, visit www.newsbank.com/publishers.

About Data Depth Corporation d/b/a iCopyright
Data Depth Corporation is the developer of iCopyright, the world's first "intelligent copyright" system for digital content. The award-winning system is used by leading publishers to manage copyright permissions, sell reprints and offer other content services to their readers. iCopyright has generated millions of dollars in licensing revenue for online publishers, while making it easy for their readers to comply with copyright.

About NewsBank, inc.
NewsBank has been one of the world's premier information providers for more than 35 years. NewsBank serves publishers, public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, government and military libraries, professionals and researchers worldwide. Through partnerships with leading publishers globally, NewsBank provides Web-based access to more than 2,000 newspaper titles, as well as newswires, broadcast transcripts, journals, periodicals and other publications worldwide. NewsBank also offers authoritative digital collections of historical documents, curriculum resources covering all subject areas and extensive media services for publishers. For more information, visit www.newsbank.com.