SAN JOSE -- Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store started selling thousands of songs without copy protection Wednesday, marking the trendsetting company's latest coup and a model for what analysts say will likely become a pattern for online music sales.By Nic Fildes Last.FM, the London-based music-recommendation internet site, has been snapped up by the US media giant CBS for [pound]140m in cash, the largest-ever acquisition of a UK social networking company.SAN JOSE -- Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store started selling thousands of songs without copy protection Wednesday, marking the trendsetting company's latest coup and a model for what analysts say will likely become a pattern for online music sales.