I think this is an overly extreme view and you may be able to see it from another light is you take a second to think it through.<p>First, let me say, I'm not defending the past or present practices of the major labels. I agree that their tactic of suing file-sharers was too heavy handed and did more to harm their business than to help it. That being said, what would you do if you had a business model that successfully created, delivered and received value and suddenly new technology made it dead simple for people to illegally obtain the end product you relied on? Sure, they could have released an early competitor to Napster, but they would have had to drop the price to free, and that wouldn't have sustained their model.<p>And don't forget, we wouldn't be having this conversation at all without the benefit of the Label's old business model, because Radio Head wouldn't exist as it is today without early support and promotion from their original label.