Apple announced, at Macworld, that iTunes will start distributing unrestricted music, files that have no copyright protection attached, at more varied prices. Most probably this is because music companies have asked for more varied prices on their music and because of the tough competition iTunes has over the Internet.

 Songs will be selling at 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29, a great improvement, as before most songs charmingly cost 99 cents. The change will occur in April, this year, and by then Apple believes that all copyright protection will be removed from their music files selling over the digital store.

Amazon started selling unrestricted music back in 2007, and maybe this was too much even for Apple to take. Unrestricted music is a very sensitive subject, as it can be easily transmitted between users, and its price should be carefully calculated in order to cover all the possibilities.

 The new three tiers of prices on iTunes are pretty balanced and iTunes users will surely be pleased. The news was transmitted by Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller, as Steve Jobs wasn’t present to please the crowds like in previous years.

Apple fans are still hoping that Jobs will make a surprise appearance at the end of the convention. The official schedule includes Apple's head of marketing Phil Schiller, who is expected to announce revamps for Apple's operating system software and updated versions of Apple's desktop computers.

Until now, Schiller presented a 17 inch new MacBook Pro, targeted at high end users, the price tag of the device being $2,799.