Converting Bit Rate of iTunes Purchased songs

I am in the process of converting all my music files to 112 bit to allow for mores space on my iPod. However, the songs I have gotten of iTunes through the music store are protected and it won't allow me to convert them . My method of converting the songs is to select them in itunes and then go to the pulldown menu "Advanced" and then to select "Convert Selection to AAC" and subsiqently convert the bit rate. Is there any way to convert the "protected" songs to a smaller bit rate?
Thank you for your help.

Robert
Short of burning the track to a cd and then re-ripping them at the lower bitrate, no, there is no way to reduce the sound quality of your purchased music.
Regards
TD

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