Law Suit Filed by Subsids

Photo-Me International PLC
14 July 2000

                              
 PHOTO-ME INTERNATIONAL SUBSIDIARIES FILE $100 MILLION SUIT IN
                               
                  NORTH TEXAS DISTRICT COURT

Photo-Me  International plc, the world's largest  manufacturer
and distributor of photo booths, announced today that three of
its subsidiaries have filed a $100 million lawsuit in the U.S.
District  Court  of  North  Texas  (Dallas)  against   Fantasy
Entertainment, a competitor headquartered in Boston.

Photo-Me  International (PMI) said its  suit  charges  Fantasy
with  patent  infringement,  false advertising  and  antitrust
violations. The suit was filed in the District Court in Dallas
because  Image  Dynamics, LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary  of
PMI, is located in nearby Grand Prairie, Texas. The other  PMI
subsidiaries  launching the suit are KIS,  SA.,  of  Grenoble,
France, and PMI Photomagic, Inc., of Surrey, England.

The  suit charges that Fantasy has infringed PMI's patent  for
technology   used  in  photo  booths  to  create  personalised
photographs   with  artistic  background  scenery,   such   as
mountains  and  beaches. An allegation  of  false  endorsement
claim  is directed at Fantasy's use of Tom Cruise's photograph
to attract customers to some of its booths.

'We compete with our technology, with innovation and with hard
work,'  said Serge Crasnianski, PMI's Chief Executive Officer.
'It would be wonderful to have an endorsement from Mr. Cruise,
but we don't have such an endorsement and neither does Fantasy
Entertainment.  Moreover, Fantasy has misled the  public,  not
only  with  false claims of celebrity endorsements,  but  also
with  false statements concerning the applicability  of  their
patents,' Crasnianski said.

Serge  Crasnianski noted that Fantasy acquired American  Photo
Booths,  Inc. in 1998, after having been sued by American  and
having counter-claimed for antitrust violations.

'I  find  it ironic that Fantasy accused American of antitrust
violations,  acquired American, and now  has  engaged  in  the
exact  same  conduct which Fantasy has alleged  in  court  was
forbidden,' Crasnianski added. 'Their claims are not  truthful
and  they  harm  the public. And our subsidiaries,  and  other
photo booth manufacturers, have been damaged as a direct result
of this conduct.'

Photo-Me International is publicly listed on the London  Stock
Exchange.


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