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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- December 12, 2000 - Spectra Science Corporation, a leading photonic solutions company, today announced that it has exclusively licensed MediaSec's digital watermarking technology and products for specific applications in anticounterfeiting, anti-diversion, and forgery protection. MediaSec's proprietary and patented technology, jointly developed with the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, provides technology and software for embedding and detecting digital watermarks in digital content and their respective analog representations. "In the world of software, there are several approaches to protecting digital content. What Spectra Science offers is the distinct advantage of integrating MediaSec's superior digital watermarking technology with Spectra's physical security products to create a double lock and key level of protection for both the physical media and the digital image content supported by that media," said Nabil Lawandy, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spectra Science. "Immediate opportunities for this powerful combination are in banking, government documents, currency, negotiable instruments, and e-commerce transactions." "We are pleased to establish this relationship with Spectra Science. Our SysCoP products offer many unique advantages over other digital watermarking schemes by providing enhanced flexibility, compatibility and portability across many more diverse media applications," said Jian Zhao, Ph.D. President and CEO of MediaSec Technologies LLC in Providence, Rhode Island. "Our MediaSign technology provides an innovative solution for authentication of documents, across the digital and analog domain. With Spectra's leading position in document security, I am confident that they will be able to offer the best solution in the industry to these markets," added by Dr. Eckhard Koch, the Managing Director of MediaSec Technologies GmbH in Essen, Germany. SysCoP digital watermarking technology is software that embeds a perceptually invisible digital watermark into images of photos, graphics, text and other types of digital media. The embedded information can be used to protect the information content from unauthorized use, copy and alteration. The technology also provides the unique advantage of allowing a digital signature of a document to be represented as a digital watermark contained within it and thereby making the two inseparable across multiple media formats. About Spectra Science Corporation Spectra Science Corporation develops and manufactures photonic materials and reader systems for industry sectors that include government, pharmaceutical, industrial and healthcare markets. In addition, SpectraDisc, a Spectra Science subsidiary, is developing a limited play optical disc technology for use in the entertainment and software distribution markets. About MediaSec Technologies Founded in 1996, MediaSec Technologies is a private company that provides innovative products and solutions for content and multimedia security using the company's patented digital watermarking, digital labeling, self-authentication, and smart encryption technologies. MediaSec has offices in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and Essen, Germany. Contacts: Scott Tillotson Jian Zhao, Ph.D. Or: Dr. Eckhard Koch |
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