Change permission info of all music files.

Hi there,
I dont know if this is supposed to be in the iTunes section or here but this seemed the better place.
The problem is, I cant edit the song info of a LOT of songs in my iTunes playlist wich I copied from my pc to my macbook by external hdd.
The problem is, all the songs and maps the songs are in are read only and the only thing that works is editing every single music file and map.
Since I've got over 3000 songs in over 400 maps... I dont want to do every file by itself.
Now I dont have a lot of knowledge about how a mac works, its kind of new to me so I hope theres just a simple solution.
Ive tried copying the iTunes folder and use the copy but then Ill get some weird error that I cant write on my HDD when I try to add the music to my iTunes library.
I downloaded batChmod but I dont uderstand it so I dont have the guts to use it well.
Please somebody help me with this, I bought all my music legally so I want my whole library to look clean, there are some stupid things wich I cant stand ('disc 1' and 'CD2') and I just cannot change without editting for 30 minutes.
Thanks!

Close iTunes. In the top-most folder containing all your music (probably a folder called "iTunes"), select the folder and choose File->Get Info from the menu. In the Get Info window, expand the Sharing & Permissions section towards the bottom. Unlock the orange lock if it's locked. Make sure you (Me) can Read & Write, and by default everyone else should be Read only. Click the little gear pull-down menu below and choose "Apply to enclosed items".

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