This is the modern reality. Labels suddenly have competition, albeit in an unorthodox and, to them, unfair, manner, where they previously had free rein to do as they liked, and did. So compete. Don't go whining and crying to government to effectively bail you out. Who said free enterprise had to be orthodox and fair anyway? It's not and never was. It's FREE enterprise, is it not?

Yes, it costs big $ to run a label, but it needn't. Small independents manage it, hence the proliferation of them, but the Sony's, the WB's, et al got fat on the backs of artists and have put themselves into the position in which they find themselves today. Well, fat cats, the times they are a-changing. Deal with it.