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REALNETWORKS AND LISTEN.COM SUED BY FRISKIT
FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT

Far Reaching Implications For Consumers of Online Music Services

New York, New York (July 1, 2003) – Friskit, Inc., a technology licensing company focused on enabling consumers to conveniently find, personalize and play streaming media, filed suit in Chicago, Illinois Friday, June 27th, against RealNetworks (Nasdaq:RNWK) and privately-held Listen.com for patent infringement.

The suit cites RealNetworks' RealOne Player Plus and Listen.com's Rhapsody service for infringement based on their use of Friskit’s core technology and key features. RealOne Player Plus is the basis of RealNetworks' player and subscription product lines. The suit potentially encompasses revenues from sales of both the players and subscription products.

If Friskit succeeds in obtaining a permanent injunction, RealOne and Rhapsody could be prevented from offering a number of critical features, such as the ability for consumers to incorporate streaming media in personalized playlists, or to listen to a set of songs sequentially and continuously. The suit exposes RealNetworks to potentially millions of dollars of damages.

“We’ve spent years and millions of dollars developing and patenting the most convenient ways for consumers to find, personalize and play streaming media over networks,” said George Aposporos, Chairman and CEO of Friskit. “Most other patents cover pieces of solutions – not what's fundamental to the beginning of a new industry."

The Growth of Music and Media Subscription Services
Music and media subscription services have been described as critical to the success of the music business, which is supporting them as an alternative to free file-swapping services like Morpheus and Kazaa. The ease and convenience of choosing and accessing music, and other media like film, videos, animation, speeches, and much more from networks like the Internet, Intranets, or wireless networks, are already key to success in the rapidly expanding field of on-demand media subscription services.

On-demand media subscription services and other developing digital media services are projected to grow significantly over the next four years. According to a survey published by Jupiter Research, paid content will grow at an annual rate of more than 20 percent until 2007, when it will reach $5.4 billion. An illustration of this growth is the announcement by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) that music fans have downloaded over five million songs from the iTunes® Music Store in its first eight weeks.

Friskit: Streaming Media Innovations
George Aposporos, former Vice President of Business Development for Amazon.com and Aviv Eyal, an inventor and Internet software technologist, co-founded Friskit , which was the first to create and patent key innovations enabling consumers to conveniently find, personalize, and play streaming media over a network. These patented technologies are essential for on-demand media subscription services.

The beta of Friskits' first product, a streaming media search engine capable of sequential and continuous playback of search results, among other features, was released in 2000 to great acclaim in the national press. Newsweek called it one of “5 New Technologies That Could Change Your Life in 2001,” and continued with, “Instant gratification never sounded so good…the interface is so simple and elegant that anyone can use it.”

Though more than 100,000 people quickly became beta users of Friskit's first product, the founders foresaw the music industry opposition that ultimately prevented the commercialization of a generation of online music companies like Napster. Friskit changed its business strategy from a consumer service to a technology licensing model.

Friskit Patent Portfolio
Friskit’s patent portfolio comprises three issued patents containing 192 separate claims deemed critical to existing and future media services, as well as numerous pending U.S. and foreign patent applications. They include broad and significant claims directed to important aspects of technology including network-enabled devices connected to various kinds of networks (i.e, Internet, Intranet, wireless). Friskit patents include:

• US Patent 6,389,467 : “Streaming Media Search and Continuous Playback System of Media Resources Located by Multiple Network Addresses”. Issued May 2002
• US Patent 6,484,199: “Streaming Media Search and Playback System for Continuous Playback Through a Network”. Issued November 2002
• US Patent 6,519,648: “Streaming Media Search and Continuous Playback of Multiple Media Resources Located on a Network “. Issued February 2003

About Friskit
Friskit, Inc. is a San Francisco-based technology licensing company focused on enabling consumers to conveniently find, personalize, and play streaming media over a network. For more information about Friskit, visit friskit.com, send an email to info@friskit.com or call (415) 970-5105.