Automatic music clipping for super distribution

A method of creating a sample of a computer readable file containing entertainment content, comprising:

• identifying a starting point for the sample in the file, the starting point being identified by information embedded within the file;
• identifying an ending point for the sample in the file, the ending point being identified by information embedded within the file;
• and
• storing data representing the content between the starting point and the ending point as a sample file.

An electronic storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of creating a sample of content stored as a computer readable file, comprising:

• identifying a starting point for the sample in the file, the starting point being at a fixed time Tstart measured from the beginning of the file;
• identifying an ending point for the sample in the file, the ending point being at a fixed time Tstart+Tsample=Tstop from the beginning of the file;
• and
• storing data representing the content between Tstart and Tstop as a sample file.

An electronic storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of creating a sample of content stored as a computer readable file, comprising:

• identifying a starting point for the sample in the file, the starting point being identified by information embedded within the file;
• identifying an ending point for the sample in the file, the ending point being identified information embedded within the file;
• and
• storing music data representing the content between the starting point and the ending point as a sample file.

A method of creating a sample of content stored in a computer readable file, comprising:

• identifying a starting point for the sample in the file, the starting point being at a fixed time Tstart measured from the beginning of the file;
• identifying an ending point for the sample in the file, the ending point being at a fixed time Tstart+Tsample=Tstop from the beginning of the file;
• and
• storing data representing the content between Tstart and Tstop as a sample file.

An apparatus that creates a sample of a computer readable audio file, comprising:

• a programmed processor;
• a program operating on the programmed processor that identifies a starting point for the sample in the audio file, the starting point being at a fixed time Tstart measured from the beginning of the audio file, and identifies an ending point for the sample in the audio file, the ending point being at a fixed time Tstart+Tsample=Tstop from the beginning of the audio file;
• and
• means for storing audio data representing the audio between Tstart and Tstop as an audio sample file.