iCopyright Toolbar Selected as Codie Award Finalist

New Toolbar for the Browser Helps Solve Copyright Piracy Problem

Data Depth Corporation, a/k/a: iCopyright.net, announced today that its new toolbar for the browser has been selected by the Software & Information Industry Association as a finalist for the prestigious Codie Award. "The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement."

The iCopyright Toolbar is a free plug-in for the browser. It provides copyright permissions and licensing for all content publicly accessible via the Internet. The toolbar will grant enterprise site licenses and pay-per-use licenses according to the publisher's preset business rules. If the publisher has not established automated licensing rules, the iCopyright Toolbar submits a permissions request directly to the publisher. Now, anyone with a browser can quickly and easily comply with copyright. The toolbar can be downloaded at http://www.iCopyright.net.

"iCopyright is the most widely adopted system used by online publishers," said Michael O'Donnell, Data Depth President & CEO. "We were proud to have been a recipient of the Codie Award in 2001. The iCopyright Toolbar represents the next evolution of this technology. We encourage everyone who cares about copyright to download the toolbar and use it to facilitate licensing and permissions requests."

About Data Depth Corporation a/k/a iCopyright

Data Depth Corporation is the developer of iCopyright, the world's first "intelligent copyright" system for digital content. The award-winning system includes The Instant Clearance Service, Publisher Central, Reprint Central, and the Clip&Copy online news clipping service. Millions of works of authorship from hundreds of publications, including those of Associated Press, Reuters, UPI, Forbes, Primedia, and VNU, are tagged for instant licensing through Data Depth Corporation's patent-pending technology.

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