They're no longer satisfied with their scams:
Too many of their own online music portals had failed and Apple's concept of direct binding to the iPod promised success. Meanwhile, iTunes has sold more than half a billion titles and the labels want a larger share of the pie. Currently, they receive only about 70 US cents from the 99 US cents per song.
It never occurs to these idiots to consider that their own trash shops failed, among other things, due to the absurd costs and even more absurd rights restrictions, and that the success of the iTunes Music Store lies precisely in its characteristics such as price and possibilities.
Sorry, but an industry led by such mentally substandard idiots deserves nothing less than to be mercilessly wiped out. Of course, it's a shame about the jobs and a shame for some musicians. But only when this music industry moloch has been organized into insignificance by its managers can music actually make a fresh start - and then perhaps become reasonable.