When a whole industry starts suing their customers on a regular basis you know they are in serious trouble.
There are so many alternative ways of making money, and I'm frankly amazed that the music industry hasn't even managed to implement one single money-making scheme. Apple clearly shows that it is possible - so they really have no excuse.
They should stop sobbing and get out there and compete in a market that is always changing and often brutal. That's what the rest of us have to do.