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Licensing issues keeping iTunes track samples at 30 seconds, for time being

article published on 8 September, 2010

Before Apple's much-hyped media event on the 1st, it was reported that CEO Steve Jobs was actively trying to get iTunes Store track samples extended to 60, or even 90 seconds, from the current 30. The event came and passed, and nothing about the time lengths of the samples was discussed by Jobs or the country. Cnet says today that licensing issues are holding up the process, but that ... [ read the full article ]

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elbald90
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8. September 2010 @ 02:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
just a thought but my bittorrent client allows me to sample what i like without any of the annoying licensing issues and also allows me to port my music to whatever device i like so i think ill give itunes a miss
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8. September 2010 @ 05:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Geez...90 seconds? The average pop song is only about 120 seconds...and it is usually just the same thing repeating 4 times, so you could just reloop the last 30 seconds and you have the whole song, free and legal!
Mysttic
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8. September 2010 @ 09:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I with ebald on this one. Never liked itunes.
Tristan_2
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8. September 2010 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
See..even doing things legally gets you screwed, The labels want it both ways.
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biglo30
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8. September 2010 @ 15:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why does a sample have to be more then 30 secs anyway???? Thats why its called a sample!
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