Heart Releases "Love Hurts" as an Exclusive Download Only in the Weed File Format

Classic rock band HEART today released an exclusive track, "Love Hurts," only in the WEED(sm) file format. Weed is a revolutionary new file sharing technology (pat. pending) developed by Shared Media Licensing. "Love Hurts" is available at http://www.weedfiles.com.

Seattle, WA July 16, 2004 -- Classic rock band HEART today released an exclusive track, "Love Hurts," only in the WEED(sm) file format. Weed is a revolutionary new file sharing technology (pat. pending) developed by Shared Media Licensing. Available at http://www.weedfiles.com, "Love Hurts" was recorded during the sessions for Jupiters Darling, the Wilson sisters' first new studio album in a decade, and performed during their recent CMT "Crossroads" special with Wynonna Judd.

Paul Angles, Director of Internet Marketing for Heart's label, Sovereign Artists (http://www.sovereignartists.com), says, "Since their first album, Heart has always pushed the envelope. They recorded this album for their fans and they want it to reach as many fans as possible, which is why we're so excited about the possibilities of Weedfiles."

Signing Heart's latest album, Jupiters Darling, and the exclusive track, "Love Hurts," to the Weed system is a huge validation for this emerging technology. Weedfiles.com President Jeff Leisawitz says, "When an artist with as much commercial and critical success as Heart chooses to sign to an independent label and use Weed files to help distribute their music online, it's obvious that a major shift is occurring in the industry. As fans begin to understand that they can make money by legally trading files of their favorite artists, illegal file sharing will decrease significantly and artists and labels will be fairly compensated for their work."

Weedfiles.com is the web's premier destination for downloadable Weed files and is an authorized Weed Independent Content Provider and Weed file distributor. Weedfiles.com signs artists into the Weed system, encodes their files and distributes their music online.

Already thousands of songs have been converted to Weed files and distribution sites for the music have appeared in countries all over the world. Consumers now have the opportunity to seek out a substantial catalog of independent music, fairly compensate the artists for their work and make money promoting the music they love.

How Weed Works:
A music fan can download any number of Weed files and listen to each one on his computer three times for free. The fourth time he tries to play the song he is prompted to buy it. If he does not buy the song, it locks and cannot be played again on that computer until he buys it. If he buys the song, he can play it on that computer, burn audio CDs, transfer it to portable devices, etc.

After a music fan buys a file he can then resell the file either by posting it on his website or a p2p network, emailing it a friend, burning it to a CD-ROM, etc. If someone else buys this copy of the file, the seller earns a percentage of the sale price for helping to distribute the file. The seller also continues to earn money for two more generations of sales. The artist or rightsholder always gets 50% of each sale. (Go to http://www.weedfiles.com/distribute for more details)

Instead of trying to stop music fans from sharing their music, Weed encourages them to further distribute their favorite songs. And instead of punishing them for doing it, the system encourages fans and gives them legal financial incentive to continue to distribute their music. Effectively, this could turn millions of file sharing fans into the biggest and most influential sales force in history.

If you'd like more information on Weedfiles.com, or to schedule an interview, please contact Jeff Leisawitz directly at 206. 547. 4214 or e-mail protected from spam bots or visit the website-- http://www.weedfiles.com

Weedfiles.com and SML/Weed (www.weedshare.com) are separate business entities.

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