Not Authorized to Play?

I purchased a song on my iPhone today... and I only have one appleID, It will play on the phone, but if I try to play it on my Mac, AppleTV (through Shared and Music Match) it says that the computer is not authoized to plau\y it. It won't play on anything else, but all my previously downloaded purchases work fine.
I then bought a second song on the Mac itself, and it works fine.
BTW.... when the **** did DRM (Digitial Rights Management Software) creep back into the Apple Store? Can't make more than 10 CD's with that song, can't play it anywhere else, etc. WHY?
That was REALLY SNEAKY. Way to punish those who actually PAY for their music.
Is it obvious that I'm upset? Sorry.

It could be due to corruption. Redownload it from the cloud one more time and test.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
          http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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