Cd's will import into itunes, but not songs I have in RealPlayer.

I'm sorry for starting a new thread if this has been covered, but I couldn't find anything on it. I've tried all day to import songs from RealPlayer (purchased) into my itunes library with no success. A cd will load directly into itunes and so did songs from a cd that was loaded into realplayer. Just cant transfer the ones I bought at the realplayer music store. THX

Hi Gabrielle,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #93867 on Some Songs in iTunes Won't Copy to iPod.
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