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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FreeHand
Systems MusicPad Pro® 800 to be Sold at Yamano Music Stores
in Japan; Yamano Music Provides FreeHand Access to the Fast-Growing
Japanese Music Market
LOS
ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2006--FreeHand Systems,
Inc. ("FreeHand"), wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand
Systems International, Inc. (OTC:FSYI), the elite digital music
company whose revolutionary technology is shaping the future of
the distribution and performance of sheet music announced, today,
its MusicPad Pro® 800 will be sold in Yamano Music stores in
Japan. Yamano Music has 50 locations in Tokyo and throughout Japan
and provides the company with a strong foothold in a fast-growing
market.
The
MusicPad Pro 800 is a new model that is being sold in Asia and provides
Japanese and Mandarin language software making it the first time
the technology has been available in languages other than English.
"This is an extraordinary accomplishment for us, providing
a product specific to the Asian market. We are excited to have Yamano
Music as a distributor partner and have high expectations this will
help us achieve our aggressive sales goals," said Kim Lorz,
FreeHand's CEO.
FreeHand
is revolutionizing the sheet music performance market and the MusicPad
Pro(R) along with the company's digital sheet music website (freehandmusic.com)
provide both a new method of distribution and a new method of performance.
Mr. Lorz added, "Our partnership with Yamano Music will also
include a Japanese language digital sheet music website which we
expect to launch in the near future giving our Japanese customers
access to the sheet music they need, online 24/7."
FreeHand
Systems, Inc. (www.freehandsystems.com), a wholly owned subsidiary
of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (FSYI), is the global leader
in digital sheet music publishing (through its two online digital
sheet music sites, sunhawk.com and sheetmusicnow.com) and is the
manufacturer of the first digital music delivery system through
its digital music site and its music tablet, the MusicPad Pro®
Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music industry
for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet music.
Investor
Contact:Karen Kupfer
650-941-0742 (Investor Relations)
investorrelations@freehandsystems.com
Media
Contact: Clyde Beswick, VP Marketing
FreeHand Systems, Inc.
95 First Street, Suite 200
Los Altos, CA 94022
310.275.9269
cbeswick@freehandsystems.com
Note
to editors: For additional information visit FreeHand System’s
website, www.freehandsystems.com. FreeHand Systems, Inc., MusicPad
Pro®, MusicPad Pro® Plus, MusicPad Maestro™ are trademarks
of FreeHand Systems, Inc.
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This
press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), including statements regarding potential
sales, the success of the company's business, as well as statements
that include the word "believe" or similar expressions.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of FreeHand Systems International, Inc.
to differ materially from those implied or expressed by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, among others, the risk factors
included in FreeHand Systems International, Inc.'s Annual Report
and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange
Act. This press release speaks as of the date first set forth above
and FreeHand System International, Inc. assumes no responsibility
to update the information included herein for events occurring after
the date hereof. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated due to factors such as the lack of capital, timely development
of products, inability to deliver products when ordered, inability
of potential customers to pay for ordered products, and political
and economic risks inherent in international trade.
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