No point. Apple has been contributing to the death of the big labels for years, both through iTunes, which artists big and small can use, and by putting high-qu

No point. Apple has been contributing to the death of the big labels for years, both through iTunes, which artists big and small can use, and by putting high-quality hardware and software suitable for production into the hands of the little guy. The business models are fundamentally opposed, and Apple's is winning. Buying the big labels wouldn't change that, it'd just be throwing a bunch of money at shareholders who hung on too long.