TTR in Sales and Marketing Agreement With Cutting Edge.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1998--TTR Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :TTRE TTRE Ticket to Ride Europe (board game) ) has announced it has entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Cutting Edge Enterprises, Inc., in which Cutting Edge will serve as marketing consultant and sales representative nationally to the software publishing community for TTR's DiscGuard(TM) technology. DiscGuard protects optical media from illegal replication and addresses both the problems of illicit mass-production of software or other electronic content (counterfeiting) and copying by the casual user using low-cost CD recorders. Under terms of the contract, Cutting Edge will sell and market DiscGuard in the consumer electronics, toy and computer channels in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Based in Elmsford, N.Y., Cutting Edge and its sister company, CE2, Inc., focus on marketing and selling categories including computer hardware and software, consumer electronics and video games See video game console. and represent product lines such as LG, Tatung, Targus and Hercules computer products; Aztech New Media, Intense Entertainment and Midisoft software; video game manufacturers such as Ubisoft and Quickshot; and consumer electronics products from AT&T Wireless and Magellan Systems. The announcement of the agreement with Cutting Edge closely follows TTR's announcement, on April 1, that it will employ DiscGuard technology to protect educational CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs created by Hollywood, Calif.-based EHQ EHQ European Headquarters EHQ Environmental Hazard Quotient (ecological risk assessment) EHQ Eyemouth Herring Queen (festival in Scotland) from illegal replication. The EHQ contract is TTR's first commercial use by a U.S. publisher of TTR's DiscGuard technology. "Working with Cutting Edge will help expand market awareness and open up new sales for DiscGuard among U.S. software publishers," said Marc Tokayer, Chairman and President of TTR TTR Transthyretin TTR Ticket To Ride (World Snowboard Tour) TTR Transformer Turns Ratio (electric power transmission and distribution) TTR Time To Repair TTR Time to Read Inc. "The software publishing and content provider community is a key strategic area where TTR can help to protect intellectual property and increase sales." Mr. Tokayer said that TTR is approaching this market directly and through its network of authorized replicators. In the United States, the Company is both marketing directly and forging strategic relationships with companies like Cutting Edge that are well established in the software and content publishing markets. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the , TTR is marketing directly from Israel, while in the Far East, TTR markets through local distributors. DiscGuard places an indelible digital "signature" on optical media at the time of manufacture, without which the software cannot be used. This "signature" is designed to be read by CD/DVD-Rom disc drives but cannot be duplicated by CD recorders or by re-mastering, making it a highly effective weapon in the battle against the illegal duplication of software, games, video and other content, distributed on optical discs. DiscGuard protection is currently available at Nimbus CD International, Inc. replication facilities. Nimbus CD International Inc., one of the world's largest independent disc replicators, licensed DiscGuard technology at the end of last year. Its CD/DVD-Rom discs are distributed throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the United Kingdom and continental Europe. DiscGuard also has been licensed to Doug Carson & Associates, Inc., the world's leading supplier of signal processing systems used to create CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. glass masters. TTR Inc. is primarily engaged in the development and marketing of a family of proprietary products that are designed to protect intellectual property rights and prevent the unauthorized reproduction and use of electronic content and media, including software and audio CDs and DVD discs. -0- DiscGuard(TM) is a trademark of TTR, Inc. All other trade names are the properties of their respective owners. -0- This press release is available on the KCSA KCSA Krannert Center Student Association KCSA Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (Frankfort, KY) KCSA Kyiv City State Administration KCSA Kalamazoo Christian School Association KCSA Kentucky-Canadian Studies Association Worldwide web site at www.kcsa.com. -0- Any statements released by TTR Inc. that are forward looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of 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. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which may affect the Company's business and prospects, including economic, competitive, government, technological and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: MEDIA: Suzanne Sullivan/Henry P. Feintuch KCSA WORLDWIDE (212) 896-1221/896-1212 (212) 986-3380 (fax) kcsa@aol.com or COMPANY: Ralph Anzarouth Director of Marketing TTR Technologies, Ltd. +972-9-766-2393 +972-9-766-2394 (fax) Ralpha@ttr.co.il http://www.ttrtech.com or Robert Friedman Chief Financial Officer TTR Inc. (212) 333-3355 (212) 333-7891 (fax) robertf@ttrtech.com |
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