Unrestricted Net music?

Who would've thought?! Contrary to what they said in the past, the major record labels "are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions," according to the New York Times. Reporting from Cannes, at the recording industry's annual international trade fair, the Times adds that at least one of the four major labels could start selling unrestricted MP3 files "within months." Independent labels have been selling unrestricted MP3s for some time as a marketing tool, but the majors have resisted doing so, thinking digital sales of copy-protected files at online stores like iTunes and Rhapsody would make up for losses to online file-sharing. They haven't. So the major labels have been experimenting with unrestricted MP3s and streaming, and change is in the wind.