Converting Audio to FCE

I am trying to import a song from iTunes to use in a project, knowing I need to render or convert audio. FCE 4.0 will let import older songs that I put in iTunes some weeks, months ago, but not three songs I've just loaded through a CD. Those newly loaded songs have properties of iTunes 8.0.2 and Quicktime 7.5.5. I wonder if there is something about new iTunes update I recently downloaded that is not allowing me to import them into FCE. Any help on how to get these into FCE would be greatly appreciated. (when I try to import, they show up as faint type and won't allow me to click on them.

All music bought through ITunes is DRM protected ( copy right ) and, cannot be used in FCE.
The music you installed into Itunes via CD is not DRM protected however, copy right laws still apply.
To use the non-DRM music from ITunes in FCE you'll need to convert it to an .aiff format
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1348

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