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InterVideo Data Injection (IDI) Technology Designed to Offer Added-Value Content to MP3.com Music Files Such as Lyrics, Artist Web Pages, Promotional Offers and More

Enhanced MP3s are based on InterVideo's exclusive, patent-pending InterVideo Data Injection (IDI) technology. Using IDI, artists and users alike can enter text or lyrics manually, or import them from other sources. WinRip Studio(TM), a special version of the software, will be made available free of charge and on a limited-time trial basis to artists posting music on MP3.com. This software will enable those artists to add links to web pages and provide their choice of visual information to their music, transforming the MP3.com experience and giving artists new creative and promotional opportunities.

``We expect Enhanced MP3 to dramatically improve the listening experience of MP3 tracks for millions of music lovers,'' said Steve Ro, president and CEO of InterVideo. ``By making Enhanced MP3s available on MP3.com, not only are we are aligning ourselves with the premier music resource on the Internet, but we're also instantly opening our technology to the nearly 150,000 artists in the MP3.com creative community. Fans of great music, regardless of style or genre, are going to benefit greatly from today's announcement.''

``MP3.com is continually looking for ways to add value to the music experience for our users,'' said Michael Robertson, chairman and chief executive officer of MP3.com. ``By unveiling Enhanced MP3s, we're taking the enjoyment of digital music to a whole new level. InterVideo has developed a robust and innovative technology that will benefit our artists and their fans in ways never before imagined. We are confident that music fans everywhere will enjoy all the new and exciting developments unleashed by Enhanced MP3s.''

New Enhancements Viewable with InterVideo's WinRip(TM)

To view Enhanced MP3s, users can download a free copy of InterVideo's WinRip(TM) MP3 player software from MP3.com at www.mp3.com/intervideo. Links to a special WinRip(TM) download page will be conveniently located on MP3.com's home page (www.mp3.com) and soon on individual Artist Web Pages located throughout MP3.com. Enhanced MP3s are also 100 percent backward-compatible with existing MP3 players.

WinRip offers user-defined music-file management, smart-search capability (artist, genre, etc.), and DSP effects such as echo, surround, karaoke and tone control. WinRip also runs in a ``compact'' mode that lets users change the look and feel of the product with a number of downloadable ``skins,'' and supports ``plug-in'' applications that enhance the playback environment with colorful graphics that respond to music tempo and dynamics. The product is compatible with Microsoft Windows platforms including Windows 98, 2000 and Millennium Edition.

The downloadable version of WinRip(TM) includes a 30-day trial of additional features available as an upgrade for $19.95, including rapid CD-to-MP3 file encoding, access to the CDDB2 database, and the ability to inject text or lyrics into the user's own MP3 files.

Enhanced MP3s Immediately Available

MP3.com visitors can get a first look and experience Enhanced MP3s by clicking on the ``Enhanced MP3'' logo on the MP3.com home page (www.mp3.com). Users will be immediately taken to a promotional page featuring 50 enhanced MP3 songs for download, from 10 different musical genres (www.mp3.com/enhanced).

In the near future, the majority of songs available for free downloading from MP3.com are expected to include an Enhanced MP3 version. Artists will be able to enrich their music with all kinds of visual and textual features including, biographies, discographies, photo albums, production notes, reviews, e-commerce links, fan messages and concert tour dates.

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About MP3.com

MP3.com, Inc. has created a unique and robust technology infrastructure designed to facilitate the storage, management, promotion and delivery of digital music. As the Internet's premier Music Service Provider (MSP), the company is dedicated to providing consumers with access to music when they want it, where they want it, using any web-enabled device. The company's web site hosts what MP3.com believes is the largest collection of digital music available on the Internet, with more than 926,000 songs and audio files posted from over 144,000 digital artists and record labels. Dedicated to growing the digital music space, the company's products and services include on-demand Subscription Music Channels, an innovative Business Music Services program, a Syndicated Radio division and others. Additionally, through the company's MSP technology initiative and its music InterOperating System, MP3.com is partnering with a variety of forward-looking businesses to expand its digital music strategy. MP3.com's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol MPPP. The company is based in San Diego, California. For more information on MP3.com, visit www.mp3.com.

About InterVideo, Inc. (IVI)

InterVideo is a leading distributor of software DVD solutions worldwide. The company produces and markets the award-winning WinDVD® player-decoder for Windows, as well as other advanced audio and video software products. Customers include Compaq, Creative Labs, Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, Gateway, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Micron, Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, Tiny and Toshiba.

WinRip is part of InterVideo's WinCinema, all-in-one, advanced suite of video and audio processing software. Other WinCinema components include InterVideo's award-winning WinDVD player and WinDVR(TM) (Digital Video Recorder), both of which are also available for download on InterVideo's Web site.

InterVideo's executive team is comprised of PC veterans instrumental in the formation of the PC multimedia industry, coming from industry pioneering companies such as NexGen, LuxSonor, Sigma Designs, Chromatic Research, Conexant, Zoran, MetaCreations, ST Microelectronics and E4. InterVideo's popular DVD playback software, WinDVD, has won a number of awards worldwide. InterVideo has headquarters in Fremont, CA and regional offices in Europe, Taiwan, Torrance, CA, Bellevue, WA, and Japan. For more information about IVI, contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the Web site at www.intervideo.com.

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements may include references to activities and events expected in connection with the agreement between MP3.com and InterVideo, including the availability, functionality and expected adoption of InterVideo's data injection technology. These statements involve a high degree of risk and uncertainty, are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include risks related to: MP3.com's litigation proceedings, including without limitation the inability to reach settlement with all parties to such proceedings; risks related activities and events expected in connection with the agreement between MP3.com and InterVideo, including the availability, functionality and expected adoption of InterVideo's data injection technology; MP3.com's new and uncertain business model; acceptance of MP3.com's products and services; MP3.com's limited operating history; and MP3.com's rapid growth, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in MP3.com's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

InterVideo, WinRip, WinRip Studio, WinDVD and WinDVR are trademarks of InterVideo, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 95, Windows98, Windows NT, Windows2000, and Windows Millennium Edition are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. CDDB2 is a trademark of Gracenote, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

For further information, please contact Greg Wilfahrt, Director of Public Relations of MP3.com, Inc., 858-623-7280, pr@mp3.com; or Michele Lorbieski of S&S Public Relations, 317-275-2275, ext. 22, michele@sspr.com, for InterVideo, Inc.

SOURCE: MP3.com, Inc.; InterVideo, Inc.