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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                  This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made
and entered into as of July 11, 2003, by and among American Technology
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the investors signatory
hereto (each a "Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers").

                  This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers (the
"Purchase Agreement").

                  The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:

     1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
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that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such
terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:

        "Calculation Ratio" means, with respect to each Holder, a fraction
where: (x) the numerator equals the sum of (i) the number of Shares and issued
Warrant Shares held by such Holder which, at the time of determination, cannot
be sold under Rule 144(k) and (ii) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise in full of the Warrant held by such Holder and (y) the
denominator equals the sum of: (i) the aggregate number of Shares sold to the
Original Purchaser thereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) the
aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable on the Closing Date upon exercise in
full of the Warrant purchased by the Original Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement. In the event a Holder holds Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares
deriving from more than one Original Purchaser, the Calculation Ratio and the
liquidated damages awardable pursuant to Section 2(b) shall be calculated and
awarded separately with respect to those Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares
deriving from each Original Purchaser

        "Effective Date" means the date that the Registration Statement is first
declared effective by the Commission.

        "Effectiveness Date" means the earlier of (a) the 90th day following the
Closing Date, and (b) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the
Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not
be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments.

        "Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        "Filing Date" means the 30th day following the Closing Date.


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        "Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities.

        "Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

        "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

        "Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

        "New Warrants" shall have the meaning set forth in the Warrants.

        "Original Purchaser" means with respect to the Shares, Warrants and
Warrant Shares held by any Holder, the Purchaser (which may be the Holder) which
purchased from the Company on the Closing Date the Shares or the Warrants held
by such Holder, or which purchased from the Company on the Closing Date the
Warrants pursuant to which the Warrant Shares held by such Holder were
purchased, as the case may be.

        "Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

        "Prospectus" means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

        "Registrable Securities" means (i) the Shares, and (ii) the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, until such time as such
securities have been sold to the public pursuant to a registration statement or
other means such that they are no longer "restricted securities" under the
Securities Act.

        "Registration Statement" means the registration statement required to be
filed hereunder in accordance with Section 2, including (in each case) the
Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or
Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.

        "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

        "Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

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        "Rule 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        "Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

        "Special Counsel" means Bryan Cave LLP.

        "Warrants" means (i) the Warrants issued or issuable under the Purchase
Agreement, and (ii) any New Warrants issuable under the Warrants.

     2. Registration.
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        (a) On or prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the
Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities
on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate
form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (except if otherwise agreed by
the Holders) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A. The Company
shall cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than the
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep the Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which
is five years after the date that the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission or such earlier date when all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without
volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the
Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and
acceptable to the Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders (the
"Effectiveness Period").

        (b) If: (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the
Filing Date (if the Company files the Registration Statement without affording
the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by
Section 3(a) hereof, the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this
clause (i)), or (ii) after the Effective Date, the Registration Statement ceases
to be effective and available to the Holders thereunder as to all of the
Registrable Securities (whether upon the delivery of a notice pursuant to
Section 6(d) or otherwise) at any time prior to the expiration of its
Effectiveness Period without becoming available to the Holders thereunder as to
all of the Registrable Securities within twenty Trading Days pursuant to the
delivery of an Advice, or (iii) the exercise rights of the Holders pursuant to
the Warrants are suspended for any reason, or (iv) the Registration Statement
shall not be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the
Effectiveness Date (any such failure or breach being referred to as an "Event,"
and for purposes of clause (i), (iii) or (iv) the date on which such Event
occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date which such twenty day-period is
exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"), then, in addition to any other
rights available to

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the Holders, the Company shall pay to each Holder as liquidated damages and not
as a penalty 0.05% of the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate
purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (y)
such Holder's Calculation Ratio, for each day beginning with the Event Date and
ending on the day immediately prior to the date such Event is cured. If multiple
Events pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) exist on a given day, liquidated
damages shall be payable with respect to only one Event pursuant to clauses (i),
(ii) and (iv) on such day, but shall continue to accrue until the date on which
all then existing Events pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) are cured. The
Company shall make payment of liquidated damages no later than the first Trading
Day of the calendar month next succeeding the month in which such damages
accrue. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this
Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay
interest thereon at a rate of 12% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that
is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from
the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such
interest thereon, are paid in full.

        (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall
prepare and file a supplement to the Prospectus (if required and permitted for
such purpose under the Securities Act) within seven (7) Trading Days following
the written request of the holder of a New Warrant. If in the opinion of legal
counsel for the Company a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement, or a new Registration Statement is required to register the resale of
Warrant Shares underlying the New Warrant, the holder of the New Warrant will
have the rights set forth in Section 6(e).

     3. Registration Procedures
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        In connection with the Company's registration obligations hereunder, the
Company shall:

        (a) Not less than two Trading Days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and the Special Counsel copies
of all such documents proposed to be filed which documents will be subject to
the review of such Holders and the Special Counsel. The Company shall not file
the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities or the Special Counsel shall reasonably object in good faith.

        (b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used
in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement
continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the
Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional
Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be
amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so
supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within fifteen (15) days, to
any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible
provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to
the Commission

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relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in all material
respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

        (c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and the
Special Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than three Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day
following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed;
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of
such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and complete copies
thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the Holders); and (C) with
respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other
Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the
initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible for
inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

        (d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain
the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

        (e) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy
of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent requested by
such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference)
promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.

        (f) Promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of
the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request. The
Company hereby consents to

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the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of
the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

        (g) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of all jurisdictions within the United
States, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom)
effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, that
the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

        (h) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to
a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be
free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive
legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.

        (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v), as
promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a
post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus
will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

        (j) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

        (k) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the
Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such Holder, the controlling person thereof and the nature
of any position, office or other material relationship (other than as a
shareholder of the Company) which the Holder has had within the past three years
with the Company.

     4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance
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of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the
Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings
required to be made with Nasdaq SmallCap Market or any other Trading Market, and
(B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws), (ii)
printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the
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of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and up to $5,000 of the fees and disbursements of
Special Counsel, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so
desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained
by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible
for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange as required hereunder.

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     5. Indemnification

        (a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding
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any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the
officers, directors, agents, investment advisors and employees of each of them,
each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of
preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder's proposed method of distribution of Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use
by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d).
The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or
assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

        (b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not
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jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers,
agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as
incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder's failure
to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y)
any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arising solely out of or based solely upon any omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or
omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the
extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder's proposed
method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly
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such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (it being
understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such
Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus
after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is
outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice
contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.

        (c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be
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brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an
"Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person
from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing, and the
Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that
the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement,
except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or
further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially
adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

        An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in
any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or
Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to
exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the
Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any
pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

        All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable
fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or
preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this
Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading
Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether
it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to

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indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party may require
such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to
the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is
not entitled to indemnification hereunder).

        (d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or
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5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or
otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and
Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question,
including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to
information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or
payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other
reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any
Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or
expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to
such party in accordance with its terms.

        The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the
proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

        The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are
in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the
Indemnified Parties.

     6. Miscellaneous
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        (a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of
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any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as
the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by
law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each
Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that
a remedy at law would be adequate.

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        (b) No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as and to the extent specified
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in Schedule 6(b) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders
(other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities
of the Company in the Registration Statement other than the Registrable
Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter into any
agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. Except as and
to the extent specified in Schedule 6(b) hereto, the Company has not previously
entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any
of its securities to any Person which have not been fully satisfied.

        (c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply
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with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to
it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement.

        (d) Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of
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such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of
the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c), such Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the
Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or until it is
advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the applicable
Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The
Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this
paragraph.

        (e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness
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Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the
Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt of such notice, any such
Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
applicable to all holders of registration rights.

        (f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
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the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the
Holder or Holders of no less than 66?% of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of certain Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent

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relates, provided, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended,
modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence.

        (g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
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required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the Trading Day after the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Agreement later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date,
(iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally
recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party
to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as follows:

         If to the Company:         American Technology Corporation
                                    13114 Evening Creek Drive South
                                    San Diego, CA  92128
                                    Attn:  Chief Financial Officer
                                    Facsimile No.:  (858) 486-3922

         With a copy to:            Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
                                    530 B Street, Suite 2100
                                    San Diego, CA  92101
                                    Attn:  John D. Tishler, Esq.
                                    Facsimile No.:    (619) 235-0398


         If to a Purchaser:         To the address set forth under such
                                    Purchaser's name on the signature pages
                                    hereto.

         With a copy to:            Bryan Cave LLP
                                    1290 Avenue of the Americas
                                    New York, NY 10101
                                    Attn.: Eric L. Cohen, Esq.
                                    Fax No.: (212) 541-4630 and (212) 541-1432

         If to any other Person who is then the registered Holder:

                                    To the address of such Holder as it appears
                                    in the stock transfer books of the Company

or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.

        (h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
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and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties
and shall inure to the

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benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder. Each Holder may
assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as
permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

        (i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
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number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.

        (j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
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enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall
be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York, Borough of Manhattan (the "New York Courts"). Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such
Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery)
to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.

        (k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and
            -------------------
not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

        (l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
            ------------
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that

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they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

        (m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
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reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

        (n) Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
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obligations of each Purchaser hereunder is several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or
document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.

                                            AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                            By:_________________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.

                                    [ ]


                                    By:_____________________________________
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

                                    Address for Notice:

                                    [ ]
                                    Facsimile No.: [ ]
                                    Attn: [ ]

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                                                                         Annex A

                              Plan of Distribution

         The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, transferees, donees
and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their
shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on
which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at
fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of
the following methods when selling shares:

$    ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
     solicits purchasers;

$    block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as
     agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
     facilitate the transaction;

$    purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
     for its account;

$    an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
     exchange;

$    privately negotiated transactions;

$    short sales

$    broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified
     number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

$    a combination of any such methods of sale; and

$    any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

     The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.

     Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other
brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions
or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as
agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not expect these commissions and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.

     The Selling Stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security
interest in some or all of the Shares or Warrant Shares owned by them and, if
they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or
secured parties may offer and sell shares of Common Stock from time to time
under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule
424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933

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amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee,
donee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this
prospectus.

     The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in
other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees, donees or other
successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of
this prospectus.

     The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved
in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of
the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions
received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the
shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or
discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the
Company that it does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or
indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.

     The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the
registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.

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