"Computer unauthorized" to use purchased songs

A recent computer crash coincided nicely with a recent iPod crash for me. Fortunately, I had all my music backed up, so I could load my iPod back up once I had transferred all the music from data CDs onto my new hard drive, but the music I had previously purchased from iTunes cannot be put back onto my iPod, or so iTunes tries to tell me every time I sync up my iPod. Furthermore, I recently purchsaed music from iTunes and it gave me the same message when I sync'd up the iPod- iTunes is not authorized to load the files onto the iPod from this particular computer.
If knowledge of the make/model of the iPod or the computer is relevant, I can tell, but I don't reckon it is.

See if this helps: "Authorizing or deauthorizing a computer" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/6.0/en/687.html

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