"DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in audio quality indistinguishable from the original recording, for just $1.29 per song. In addition, iTunes customers will be able to easily upgrade their entire library of all previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free versions for just 30 cents a song, Apple said."
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2623
The first small step to killing DRM. Much higher bitrate, DRM free, and I have heard that albums will cost the same as they doo now. EMI has also removed DRM for their music videos.