Can't drag new songs to ipod playlist

in the past several weeks, for no apparent reason, i've lost the functionality to drag itunes music over to the playlist for my ipod nano. the ipod continues to function fine, and the ipod/itunes reliably syncs my podcasts.
there's plenty of space, and i can't find any setting that would not enable this.
any help greatly appreciated.
doug

in the past several weeks, for no apparent reason,
i've lost the functionality to drag itunes music over
to the playlist for my ipod nano. the ipod continues
to function fine, and the ipod/itunes reliably syncs
my podcasts.
there's plenty of space, and i can't find any setting
that would not enable this.
any help greatly appreciated.
doug
I'm having the same problem! I've purchased several new songs which will play fine on the computer, but if I drag them to the iPod playlist, I can't listen to them on the Pod.
I hope this can be fixed quickly. It's driving me nuts.

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