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MARKSMEN ANSWERS CALL FROM CORBIS TO LOCATE SUBJECTS, SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS OF HISTORICAL IMAGES.

Bettmann Archive Celebrates 100^th Birthday of Founder

Glendale, CA, November 19, 2003 - Marksmen, a leader in intellectual property investigations, acquisitions and Internet monitoring, announced today that they have been retained by Corbis, the world's preeminent visual solutions provider to assist in identifying many of the unknown photographers and subjects from the Bettmann Archive, one of the world's best known historical image archives.

October 15th marked the 100th birthday of Dr. Otto Bettmann, founder of the Bettmann Archive. Corbis, the owner of the Bettmann Archive, is holding a yearlong celebration featuring innovative programs, publications, and charitable giving designed to share and strengthen Dr. Bettmann's legacy.   Part of this celebration involves a Bettmann Alumni search in hopes of identifying many of the unknown photographers and subjects whose pictures are contained within the Bettmann Archive. Marksmen has been pivotal in this search effort and has also provided valuable resources in trying to locate the surviving family members of the photographers and subjects to discover the stories behind the images.

"We have been extremely pleased with the past work Marksmen has done to help us to resolve vital copyright licensing issues", said David Green, Corbis Senior Corporate Counsel "They were the first company we thought of to help us with the Bettmann Alumni search."

"It is of course an honor to help locate, if we can, the families so that they can share in the celebration of the work of their loved ones," said Ken Taylor, President and CEO of Marksmen. "It's tough going at times, with a lot of false leads, but something we are very practiced at doing and find extremely rewarding when we do locate them."

About Corbis
Corbis licenses images that enable publishers, advertising and design agencies, filmmakers, and other creative professionals to tell their stories with impact that goes beyond words. Our contemporary and archival photography, fine art, illustrations, cartoons, and footage are seen around the world every day--differentiating brands, selling products, supporting news stories, and entertaining audiences.

Corbis images can be found and licensed at www.corbis.com. And client advisory services are available around the clock-including subject matter and conceptual research, rights management and clearances, and production expertise.

Corbis is headquartered in Seattle, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo.

Dov Schiff, 206-373-6298
dov.schiff@corbis.com

About Marksmen

Founded in 1998, Marksmen is a world leader in IP protection services, including trademark clearance and enforcement investigations, determining business method patents and processes, establishing and locating prior art, due diligence, worldwide on-ground investigations, litigation support and Internet related infringements. Additionally, Marksmen negotiates for the purchase or sale of IP rights internationally and monitors the Internet for both Web content and domain name registrations.

For more information please see the company’s website at www.marksmen.com or contact:

Jeremy Johnson
818.827.5471
jjohnson@marksmen.com