Is classical a step ahead of the game?

Not known for innovation, the classical genre has taken a step ahead of its pop/rock/rap counterparts, at least in the major label sector. Deutsche Grammophon now sells high quality (320 kbps), DRM-free tracks and albums on their own site from $1.29 a song to $11.99 an album, available worldwide. Are major labels going to go the way of Radiohead (okay, it's a stretch) and bypass the retailers altogether? Or does classical's relative immunity from BitTorrent and other illegal burning allow them to do things that other genres can't (or won't)?