ITunes 8: You do not have the privilege to make changes

After upgrading to iTunes 8 I get this error when syncing my iPhone.
The iPhone "..." cannot be synced. You do not have the privilege to make changes.
I restored my iPhone hoping this would fix the issue but the error still happens.
Please help!

I am getting this after upgrading to 8.02 but with my iPod, not my iPhone.
I deauthorized the computer and then authorized it. No effect.
I am also suspicious that my iPhone updates are not being applied correctly, though no error is appearing.
This reminds me of authorization problems with the iphone that I have documented previously.
I will blog on this problem here:
http://tech.kateva.org/2008/11/has-iphone-22-created-new-class-of.html
I know Apple has had authentication problems with legacy .mac customers. We're people who's purchases are tied to our .mac address, but we left .mac long before the .me switch.
I think Apple may have unique authentication problems with this group.
Message was edited by: jfaughnan

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