I'll believe it when I see it. The labels are largely just a copyright exploitation system designed by lawyers; certainly, this is where the money comes from, and until that changes (which I would imagine would happen approximately never), the fundamental behavior will stay the same. Even as their profits are shrinking, the individual incentives to behave monstrously remain in place. I think that the majors are going to end up as 50 person (all lawyer) holding companies suing the bejeezus out of everyone; and promotion and marketing will end up more evenly distributed, albeit much crappier on the high end. I wouldn't touch a music startup with a 1000' pole -- thankfully, I'm not an investor.