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Apple has rejected a new file format for downloadable album and instead go their own way.

Four of the world's largest record companies have been formed and is working to develop a new file format for downloadable music called CMX. Record companies offer first Apple in to the project but rejected the proposal.

- Apple said only that it is not interested. Now it has decided to create its own file format, "says a source unmentioned in the record industry to Apple Insider.

Apple will reportedly working on its own file format which has been code-named cocktail. Both CMX and Cocktail is intended to replace the mp3 file format for music that can be bought over the Internet.

The two formats will make it possible to include more information on music such as lyrics, album covers and music videos. Apple has not given any official information on their file formats.

CMX will be launched in November of the four record companies EMI, Sony, Warner Music and Universal.

Looks like piracy is going to be better and easier :D

Why don't they just use ogg…

Good for Apple. Unless CMX is standardized so everyone can use them and create them, companies, artists, and people will simply ignore this foolish attempt.

It reminds me when WMA files were rampant, and people wanted to switch their audio over to MP3. Pain in the ass, that was. Not only were they poisoned with DRM more often than not, but the format was vulnerable to code execution.

OGG and FLAC are my preferred formats. Too bad no one uses them as much.