Unknown error -9808 occurs when trying to purchase a song

when i click on buy song, a thing pops up for me to enter my password, then it says accessing music store, and then it says an unknown error occured -9808. hope to here from you soon!

According to this article some of the 9800 series errors have to do with the date setting on the computer. Here is the related article from the apple support website.
This article says for mac, but I would check this on windows to.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93046
If this does not resolve the issue, here is a ling to a general FAQ about download probles from the apple website and an email support form for contacting itunes store customer service.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/download/

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