The music's already out there. If you really wanted to go to all that trouble, why haven't you already done it?
And do you really think that if you suddenly show up in a bunch of torrent logs you won't get sued just because you gave Apple $30? It's not like people were getting sued because record companies were breaking into their homes and looking at what was on their hard drives.
Because there was no incentive yet, obviously. Owning stuff on your harddrive is of not much use when you're constantly on the move and want to have easy access to your music and have less and less use for a stationary pc anyway. For many people, streaming services are the future and this is actually the first music industry move to make sense in a long time.
Also, it'd be interesting to see how music firms will justify suing you over alleged torrent downloads when you pay them 30 bucks for legalizing your stack.
The incentive was having the music to listen to, and if you're constantly on the move and want easy access, you own an iPod, which Apple has sold a few of in the past.
And they'll justify it the same way they always have: poorly and completely out-of-whack with the actual damages inflicted.
And do you really think that if you suddenly show up in a bunch of torrent logs you won't get sued just because you gave Apple $30? It's not like people were getting sued because record companies were breaking into their homes and looking at what was on their hard drives.