EXHIBIT 23.1

                         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 April 2, 2003,
covering the consolidated financial statements of Neomedia Technologies, Inc. as
of December  31,  2002 and 2001 and for the years then  ended,  in the Form SB-2
Amendment  No. 2  registration  statement  to be filed  with the  United  States
Securities and Exchange Commission on approximately January 9, 2004.

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


/s/ Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
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CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Irvine, California
January 9, 2004