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It does reflect a trend - consumers don't want DRM, it is prohibitive to sales if anything. From consumer surveys they saw people hated being unable to transfer material they payed for between players like they could a physical CD. It was a commercial choice, they make more money without DRM as people are more inclined to buy DRM free music.
The same thing will happen in the publishing industry, it is just like looking 7-8 years into the future. Publishers are very far off the cutting edge, have archaic licensing agreements and fear the Internet, so are the last ones clinging onto the old way of doing things (like newspapers).
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