They could have easily hired a specialized company to receive masters and send them digitized versions. They weren't as ludicrously opulent as they are today, b

They could have easily hired a specialized company to receive masters and send them digitized versions. They weren't as ludicrously opulent as they are today, but they were still a pretty wealthy and profitable company. But why pay, when you can get your own vendors to do it for free after a little song and dance by the Jobster? That's much more Apple.