"...because they cannot be played on this ipod" ERROR

Bought a brand new 30GB Ipod for my girlfriend. Trying to copy songs to it but whenever I import a CD to ITunes and then try to copy it to the iPod I get the error message:
"Some of the songs weren't copied...because they cannot be played on this ipod".
Huh? What's that? "Some" actually means all songs. Can't copy any CD songs. I've had an iPod mini for ages and have never seen this before.
Help most needed. Thanks.

I had the same problem but I found a way to fix it. See if this works for you...
When you put a CD in, highlight all the songs on the CD and convert them to MP3s. Once all the songs you selected have been converted to MP3s drag them to your library. Once in your library drag them to your ipod. It worked like a charm.
I also got this error when I bought a song from itunes. I save the file to my desktop, dragged it to my library and then to my ipod.
Hope this helps.
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