From a New York Times report about goings-on at the MIDEM music industry conference:

Executives of several technology companies meeting here at Midem, the annual global trade fair for the music industry, said over the weekend that at least one of the four major record companies could move toward the sale of unrestricted digital files in the MP3 format within months.

Source: Boing Boing: Big record labels contemplate switch to DRM-free MP3s?