FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JUNE 9, 2000

SONGBOY.COM™ UNDER FIRE FROM NINTENDO GAMEBOY™

Internet Entrepreneurs Denied Nintendo License –

Faced with Lawsuit Instead

JESSE JACKSON’S RAINBOW / PUSH COALITION

SEEKS MEDIATION

Nintendo of America, Inc. has filed an infringement complaint against SongBoy.Com™, a minority owned company that has developed a digital multimedia player plug-in module that transforms the Nintendo Gameboy™ player into a CD-like music player. SongBoy.Com’s™ request to become a Nintendo licensee was denied by the company. SongBoy.Com™ is stating that Nintendo’s claims are not valid and the lawsuit is a harassment measure. SongBoy.Com is seeking support from the global business community for their efforts.

“Our legal team has taken great measures to ensure that we have in no way violated the Nintendo patent and trademark. We view their proposed lawsuit as an attempt to stifle our entry into the marketplace,” cites Mark Bush, CMO of SongBoy.Com™.

The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has come on board with his support and has requested a meeting with Nintendo of America in response to their proposed federal lawsuit against SongBoy.Com™. SongBoy.Com is a trade bureau member of Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coalition, as they actively seek to create and promote opportunities for women and minorities as a means to expanding the American economy. Jackson has recently called the Silicon Valley to task for its seemingly exclusion of minorities. Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, and Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) have all embraced his efforts. Jackson’s goal is to build digital connections and bridges for the next millenium.

As Jackson notes in a correspondence forwarded to Nintendo executives, “I am concerned about the lack of consideration that Nintendo has given to expanding opportunities for African American entrepreneurs and businesses. The African American community is a great supporter of Nintendo’s products, with the GameBoy™ color unit selling to at least 65% of African American households. We would hope that Nintendo would welcome a partnership with an African American company.”

“You go to school to learn how to play the corporate game. But the powers that be try to stop you at every turn,” cites Ron L. Jones, CEO of SongBoy.Com™ and inventor of the SongBoy™. “There’s no way that we are going to discontinue our SongBoy.Com™ product. We are not going to let Nintendo stop our contribution of making digital music devices affordable.”

“We like to think that our product, by turning the GameBoy™ into a musical player, offers a peaceful alternative to the many computer games filled with violent imagery. In addition, it is a component that is not only affordable, but can be embraced by the entire family,” he adds. The SongBoy.Com is positioned to retail for $80.00.

Adds Bush, “Our product will still be manufactured and launched initially with music only for Gameboy™ and with all the other proposed features for the Neo Geo Pocket Player™.”

SongBoy.Com™ is an African American owned, Silicon Valley digital media start-up company, providing hardware, software and content to consumers and businesses. SongBoy.Com™ has already created successful partnerships and alliances with Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Emusic.com and rap artist Chuck D’s Rapstation.com. The company has garnered the attention of “new media” press internationally, and was recently profiled on CNNfn. SongJones.Com™ is the SongBoy’s™ sister component that is compatible with the New Geo Pocket Player™. For more information, access the website at www.SongBoy.com.

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