EXHIBIT NUMBER 99.1
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                                                                  News Release

         InterTrust Announces Change in Role of Peter van Cuylenburg

  December 23, 1999-Santa Clara, CA-InterTrust Technologies Corporation
(NASDAQ: ITRU), the MetaTrust Utility(TM), today announced that Peter van
Cuylenburg, Director, President and COO, will step down from his current role,
effective immediately, but will remain as an employee with the title Advisor to
the Office of the Chairman.  Mr. van Cuylenburg made the decision to take on a
reduced role at the Company due to an unexpected health related change in his
family circumstances.  In his new role, he will oversee various important
projects and initiatives relating to operations and strategic management.  He
will report directly to the Company's Chairman and CEO, Victor Shear. Edmund
Fish, Senior Operating Officer, will continue in his role overseeing the
Company's day-to-day operations. Mr. van Cuylenburg has agreed to work on a
part-time basis with InterTrust as his sole employer.

InterTrust Technologies Corporation

  InterTrust Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of digital rights
management (DRM). InterTrust has developed a general purpose DRM platform that
serves as a foundation for providers of digital information, technology, and
commerce services to participate in a global system for digital commerce.
InterTrust licenses its DRM platform as software and tools to partners.
Collectively, these partners will offer digital commerce services and
applications that form a global commerce system branded the "MetaTrust Utility."

  For Further Information Contact:
John Amster, 408-855-0100, jamster@intertrust.com
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Bonnie McBride, 415-617-2540, bmcbride@carsongroup.com
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The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding InterTrust's
expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All
forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information
available to InterTrust as of the date hereof, and InterTrust assumes no
obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could
differ materially from current expectations.  Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors and
risks discussed in InterTrust's reports filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Copyright (C) 1999 InterTrust Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved.
InterTrust is a registered trademark of InterTrust Technologies Corporation, and
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InterTrust Technologies Corporation, all of which may or may not be used in
certain jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or
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