CD burn "not authorized"

Today I purchased a new album from iTunes, but when I tried to burn it onto a CD I got the message "(song title).M4P was not authorized for digital export. I have had no problems burning in the past. I am using Version 7.7.1. Any solutions out there? Nancy

DramaQueen wrote:
Today I purchased a new album from iTunes, but when I tried to burn it onto a CD I got the message "(song title).M4P was not authorized for digital export. I have had no problems burning in the past. I am using Version 7.7.1. Any solutions out there?
Were you using iTunes to burn or some other burning program?
As MWN mentioned, songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store are protected AAC files (.m4p) - iTunes has the necessary decoder built in to decrypt the purchases for burning to an audio CD.
Other burning applications do not have the decoder built in, and as such, will not burn protected purchases to an audio CD.
Hope this helps,
Steve

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