EXHIBIT 23.1
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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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To the Board of Directors
Neomedia Technologies, Inc.

We consent to the use of our Independent  Auditors' Report dated March 28, 2002,
covering the consolidated financial statements of Neomedia Technologies, Inc. as
of December 31, 2001 and for the year then ended,  in the Form S-1  registration
statement.

We also consent to the reference to us as experts in matters of accounting and
auditing in this registration statement.


/s/ STONEFIELD JOSEPHSON, INC.

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Irvine, California
February 11, 2003
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