The press release is also quit unilateral. If Google wants a 70% discount and the others are not agreeing then clearly no agreement can be reached and removing

The press release is also quit unilateral. If Google wants a 70% discount and the others are not agreeing then clearly no agreement can be reached and removing that music is just the logical next step. Maybe the negotiating party assumed Google will not even be technically capable of such a thing. Google is showing they can and giving them an opportunity to measure loses too.