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Iomega Partners With Intertrust To Expand Digital Rights Managment For Portable Devices
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Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (801) 332-3678 romoser@iomega.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Agreement Will Bring New Portability Options to Millions of Zip®, PocketZip® and Jaz® Customers

ROY, Utah, Oct. 26, 2000 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, and InterTrust Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ITRU), the leading distributed Digital Rights Management (DRM) provider, today entered into an agreement to ensure that secure content managed through InterTrust's DRM system can be stored on Zip(, PocketZip( and Jaz( disks.

Under the terms of the agreement, InterTrust will integrate the unique serialization of Iomega's Zip(r), Jaz(r) and PocketZip(tm) disks as a component in its DRM platform, allowing content such as digital music to be locked to a specific Iomega disk. With this agreement, consumers will have a new means of securely downloading copyrighted content such as digital music and spoken word recordings to portable, inexpensive Iomega disks.

"InterTrust's flexible and robust DRM technology and its strong relationships with the music and entertainment industry make it an ideal partner in helping Iomega provide its customers with an end-to-end secure media solution," said Germaine Ward, vice president, software solutions, Iomega Corporation. "By combining the DRM solutions provided by InterTrust with the serialization of our disks, we will make it easier than ever before to move secure digital content between desktop and portable environments, letting customers pick the appropriate playback device for their needs at any given moment."

As support for Iomega disks is incorporated into the InterTrust platform, other InterTrust partners will be able to develop business models that include Iomega products. Iomega will provide InterTrust's InterRights( Point DRM client software to its customers by a variety of means including Web-based distribution and inclusion with IomegaWare(tm) software, which ships with millions of Iomega products per year.

The two companies will support secure downloads to Iomega devices in two phases. In the first phase, content secured using InterTrust technology will be supported for the HipZip(tm) digital audio device. In the second phase, InterTrust will extend their technology to support Zip(r), PocketZip(tm) and Jaz(r) drives on the PC platform, which will allow users to carry their disks from one device to another and seamlessly replay them.

"We're pleased to partner with Iomega to incorporate InterTrust's uniquely advanced DRM into the company's products," said Edmund Fish, chief business officer, InterTrust Technologies. "Relationships like this are instrumental in expanding the availability of licensed Internet content. Our DRM solution will not only provide the millions of users of Zip, Jaz and PocketZip disks with better access to premium content of all types including music, but will also give them much more convenience in how they play their disks, whether it be on a PC, a laptop, or a digital audio player." InterTrust's DRM solutions have received support from major music labels, including Universal Music Group and BMG.

"The reality today is that users are moving between numerous devices - desktops, laptops, digital audio players, and more," said Ward. "The challenge is to allow users to enjoy protected content on whatever device they choose, while protecting the intellectual property rights of the content providers. Iomega and InterTrust are removing the roadblocks for consumers."

About InterTrust
InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. Its general-purpose DRM trust platform serves as a foundation for trusted peer-to-peer and client server e-commerce. InterTrust holds numerous patents in the area of trusted systems technology and peer-to-peer rights management, and licenses its technology and patents in the form of software and tools to partners. These partners provide digital commerce services and applications that together form the MetaTrust Utility, an interoperable global commerce system. InterTrust serves as the commercial administrator of the MetaTrust Utility, ensuring the neutrality, security, commercial reliability, and trusted interoperability of devices, services, and applications.

About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets the award-winning Zip(, Jaz( and PocketZip( drives and disks, the HipZip(tm) digital audio player, the FotoShow(tm) digital image center, and Iomega Quik Sync 2 software; Iomega also markets Iomega CD-RW drives and discs. Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage and create important information such as Internet downloads, audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and slides, while protecting that content from viruses and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.

NOTE: The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies of both Iomega and InterTrust regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to InterTrust and Iomega as of the date hereof, and neither InterTrust nor Iomega assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of, and demand for, the InterTrust technology, manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, development and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks as identified in the reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by InterTrust and Iomega, including Iomega's Annual Report to Stockholders for 1999 on Form 10-K and its most recent quarterly reports filed with the SEC.

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Copyright (c) 2000 Iomega Corporation. Iomega, Zip, Jaz, PocketZip, HipZip, and FotoShow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. InterTrust and DigiBox are registered trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, and InterRights Point, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, MetaTrust-Certified, MetaTrust Utility, PowerChord, Rights/PD and Rights/System are trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, all of which may or may not be used in certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.