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 ]
Please read the original article before posting your comments.
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
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!