When contacted, warner music said that "They were very unhappy when they saw this news on the net."

Madonna left Warner Music to strike a deal with Live Nation, a concert promoter, and the Eagles distributed a bestselling album in America without any help from a record label.

Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music from others, primarily the “bigfour” music companies: Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI.