Can't Drag Album Artwork into iTunes

For some reason I can no longer drag album artwork into iTunes. If I click on a song or on a group of songs and there is no artwork available, I can no longer drag album art to the "Drag Album Artwork Here" in the bottom left corner. Same goes for when I right click and say "Get Info". It will show a little green plus sign as I drag the picture over the drop area but nothing happens.
I'm running 10.4 and have made sure that I have read and write privledges to all of the specified folders.
Anyone have any other ideas?

Where are you dragging the images from? It might just be that particular site, if you're using the same location time and time again. I use Amazon music when looking for album art for iTunes and generally have good luck with it.
Are you trying to drag artwork for songs that already have artwork associated with them? Sometimes you might want to clear the downloaded artwork for those tracks and then drag in the new image. I've run into this in cases where I've downloaded a single track from iTunes but then used something else to complete the album.
Beyond those suggestions, you might want to try re-creating your iTunes Library, per the steps in this document. Note that some data may be lost, such as play counts and date added.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
CG

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I used to be able to download album artwork but it doesn't work anymore. When I try, I get an error message that says "Artwork for “XXXXX” could not be found. An unknown error occurred (-609)." where XXXXX is the name of the album. I tried installing iTunes on a new computer (on the same network) and it works just fine on that computer. I'd just switch computers but I have many albums, podcasts, etc. on the computer that isn't working so switching systems isn't a viable option. Do any of you wizards have any ideas what might be causing the problem and how to fix it. My experiment suggests to me that it isn't a problem with my network router or internet connection.
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Do the songs have the album art in your iTunes library?
If you answer is yes, I had the same problem, fixed it manually by copying the album art from the song in iTunes library and then choosing the Get Info for that song, and then pasting the album art into the Artwork tab.
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