Audible Magic Press Release

Grouper Partners With Audible Magic for Best-in-Class Content Management and Filtering Technology

Sausalito, California — November 16, 2006 — Grouper, one of the fastest growing user-generated video communities on the Internet, announced today that it has partnered with Audible Magic to provide best-in-class content management and filtering technology for its website.

“Since we are connected to a major Hollywood studio, we are uniquely positioned to address the needs of content owners,” said Josh Felser, CEO and Co-Founder of Grouper. “This partnership will make it easier for us to grow our business.” Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired Grouper in August.

Audible Magic provides content management and anti-piracy services to many business, government and non-profit organizations through patented technology and one of the largest databases of copyrighted song “fingerprints” in the world. It will help Grouper monitor, track, manage, filter and monetize digital content on its website.

“Grouper is one of the first user-generated video sites to employ filtering technology, and it illustrates our determination to find new and better ways to give the public the ability to be as creative as they wish, while providing the best possible entertainment experience,” said Sean Carey, Executive Vice President, Digital Services and Distribution, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “By using Audible Magic’s cutting-edge technology, we’re providing solutions to content partners, such as giving them the right to determine what properties go online.”

About Grouper

Grouper, which is located in Sausalito, California, enables its members to watch, share and create video on the Web, desktop and connected devices and continues to be the leading innovator in the user-generated video space. Visit Grouper’s website at: www.grouper.com.

Grouper Contact

Jim Kennedy
SVP, Corporate Communications
Sony Pictures Entertainment
310.244.6777
Jim_Kennedy@spe.sony.com

About Audible Magic, Inc.

Audible Magic Corporation provides content management and anti-piracy services to the media and entertainment industries as well as to business, governmental, and educational institutions. The company's offerings utilize patented content identification technologies and an extensive reference database of audio and video content. Its digital technology and services are designed to monitor, track, manage, filter, and monetize digital content in all of its forms. The company has been active providing solutions for the Web 2.0 user-generated content video sharing sites.

Audible Magic has long-term relationships with the major record labels that have registered their content in the company’s database that holds one of the largest collections of copyrighted digital song recording fingerprints in the world. Corporate partners include EMI Recorded Music, Palisade Systems, Sony/BMG Music, Universal Music Group, V2 Music, Warner Music Group, and EMI Recorded Music. Audible Magic’s technology is also employed by Grouper, iMesh and PlayLouder MSP music service. Other major market customers include over 70 educational institutions and the media manufacturing industry. Audible Magic’s products include the CopySense P2P Plug-In; CopySense Network Appliance, and RepliCheck.

The Company was founded in 1999, and it operates from offices in Los Gatos, Los Angeles, and Berkeley, California.

For more information, visit Audible Magic’s website at www.audiblemagic.com.

For more information, please contact:

Audible Magic Media & Analyst Inquiries

Sarah McMullen
McMullen & Company
310.283.7907
smcmullen@earthlink.net