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Replicators Respond to Demand for Music CD Copy Protection; Macrovision Supplies CDS Technology to Major UK Replicator.


Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004

Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ), the leading provider of digital rights management and copy protection technologies, today announced that it has reached an agreement with DOCdata, UK's largest independent replicator See port replicator.

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, enabling the company to offer Macrovision's CDS(TM) suite of copy protection technology for music CDs to its customers.

DOCdata specialises in providing replication services to the music, film and entertainment industries. Its client base also includes an increasing proportion of business and education organisations. In taking on board the reselling of Macrovision's audio copy protection, it is responding to customer demand. Managing Director Steve Toms Steve Tom (born September 20, 1953) is an American actor. He has guest-starred in a number of television series including Drake & Josh, ER, NYPD Blue, Sleeper Cell, Two and a Half Men, The West Wing  observed, "Copy protection has become a huge issue in the last two years as the UK industry wakes up to its importance. It's quite simple, if we don't find ways of protecting the product, illegal copying will put a lot of businesses and a lot of individuals out of work."

The CDS system chosen by DOCdata provides maximum effectiveness in inhibiting disc burning while maintaining optimum playability. The latest CDS-300 offers increased functionality and robust user experience with more flexible usage rights - such as PC playback via Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. (R) Player, ability to seamlessly create playlists or exporting to portable devices, and providing one-click access to bonus content on the disc or premium content via web links.

"Macrovision is such a clear market leader that there was no decision to make" is how Steve Toms describes the choice of supplier. "Being able to provide copy protection and replication as a 'one-stop' service gives us a clear advantage in a competitive industry, and the Macrovision name is a great reassurance of quality for our customers."

"Macrovision is delighted to welcome DOCdata to the growing number of companies who are striving to protect the rights of content owners. The illegal duplication of digital entertainment products is theft and needs to be countered by a concerted strategy between rights owners, replicators and the legal infrastructure," said Martin Brooker, Director of Sales for Macrovision EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. .

About DOCdata

DOCdata is the largest independent replicator in the UK, with manufacturing sites in France, Germany and The Netherlands. In operation for over 30 years, the Years, The

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 company specialises in servicing the music, entertainment and information industries. The scale of its operation is impressive, with a group output of 200+ million CDs and DVDs processed annually together with 30 million music cassettes and 12 million floppy disks. The company has extended its services in recent years and now operates an ecommerce distribution center in Holland on behalf of its customers to supply consumers with product ordered on the Internet.

More information on the company can be found on the Web Site at www.DOCdata.co.uk.

About Macrovision

Macrovision develops and markets digital rights management, copy protection, and electronic license management technologies for the video, music and software markets. Macrovision's proven technology has been used on over 2.7 billion video DVDs, 250 million PC games CDs and 275 million music CDs. Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , with international offices in London, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Tokyo, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Taipei and Seoul.

Note to Editors: Additional background information on Macrovision Corporation can be obtained from our Web Site at www.macrovision.com.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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