Press Release

Rosetta Stone Anti-Piracy Efforts Combat Distribution of Counterfeit Products

2009 September, 08

Company Announces Settlements with 19 Individuals for Copyright and Trademark Infringement

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 8, 2009-- Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE:RST), a leading provider of technology-based language-learning solutions, announced today that the company has reached settlements in cases against nearly twenty individuals for copyright and trademark infringement. These individuals were pirating software, including the unauthorized copying, downloading, sharing and selling of counterfeit Rosetta Stone ^® language learning software.

“Rosetta Stone is committed to protecting the integrity of our award-winning products and consumers from the threats posed by counterfeit software including identity theft and other security breaches,” said Michael Wu, general counsel, Rosetta Stone. “These settlements are part of our company’s robust policy of taking action against people who distribute pirated software and seeking compensation for such theft.”

“We want to get people talking about how language learning has moved forward but, ultimately, we want to get people talking in another language,” said Sylke Riester, Managing Director of Rosetta Stone Europe. “It’s time to look at things differently: it’s not about whether one person or one nation is better at language learning than another. We all learnt our first language as children and technology enables us to tap into that natural ability.”

Rosetta Stone has reached settlements in cases against the following individuals between June 4, 2009 and August 18, 2009:

Chris Chipilov, New York, NY
Jane Lopez, Kearny, NJ
Anika Pilgrim, Port of Spain, Trinidad
DeShawn Harden, Denver, CO
Gleyson Silva, Orlando, FL
Arminas Alksninis, Dearborn Heights, MI
Shaun Stone, Vineland, NJ
Brian Lamar, Philadelphia, PA
Jose Lopez, West Covina, CA
Eric Davis, Midvale, UT
Marco Zaragoza, Oxnard, CA
Joshua Brown, Grand Rapids, MI
Jeremy Davis, Fresno, CA
James Adams, Twinsburg, OH
Lawrence Lombardo, San Jose, CA
Nicholas Miller, Wilmington, NC
Julian Salinas, Costa Mesa, CA
Philip Trapasso, Sanborneville, NH
Jaime Alanssim, Spokane, WA

Rosetta Stone continues to build a zero tolerance program to identify infringers and fight software piracy. To report piracy of Rosetta Stone products or inquire about the legitimacy of Rosetta Stone products, consumers can e-mail piracy@rosettastone.com. To receive industry-wide information about software piracy, consumers can call the Business Software Alliance (BSA) Anti-Piracy Hotline at 1-888-667-4722.

For more information please visit http://www.rosettastone.com/global/anti-piracy.

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About Rosetta Stone UK

Acclaimed for the speed, power and effectiveness of its Dynamic Immersion^TM method, Rosetta Stone is a revolutionary language learning software program.

Rosetta Stone was founded in 1992 on two core beliefs: that the natural way people learn languages as children remains the most successful method for learning new languages; and that interactive CD-ROM and online technology can recreate the immersion method powerfully for learners of any age. Rosetta Stone (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Rosetta Stone Inc., is based in London.

For more information, contact

Rebecca Barr
Communications Director Europe
Rosetta Stone®
Procter House
1 Procter Street
London, WC1V 6DW
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 207 492 9038
Email: rbarr@rosettastone.com