Can't Drag Files into the Itunes Library anymore

I was just taking some mp3s from my old computer to my new one and I have been doing this for a few days, yesterday, I couldn't drag anymore songs into the library for some reason. A blue rectangle comes up, but I can't position it over 'Music'. Dragging files into the playlists still work though.
Can anyone help?

How to rip CDs with iTunes - http://www.macworld.com/article/156861/2011/01/howto_rip_cds.html
Introduction to iTunes CD Ripping Settings - http://ipod.about.com/od/introductiontoitunes/ss/importsettings.htm

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