Converting protected itunes files to aiff

i did this once before (months ago)and tried recently without success using imovie-can't seem to get to work this time around-i checked settings in imovie -all in order-but when i import file then save it -it's not converted to aiff-any ideas folks!

See if this previous thread helps:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=1272724
Al

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