How can I listen to songs I purchased on Itunes with my generic Mp3 player?

I was given $50 Itunes credit for Christmas and promptly bought an album from itunes. I actually could have bought the album as a real CD at the local store but thought I'd use my itunes voucher instead.
Now I find that I can not just copy and paste the songs or convert the songs into mp3 format so that I can play the songs in my portable mp3 player.
I don't want to buy an ipod as am very happy with the player I have.
So the albun is stuck on my laptop.
Any advice or solution would be appreciated please.
Message was edited by: Sydneysurfer

I'm curious...If it's a record company restriction, then why is it that Amazon can sell them in unrestricted MP3 format, as you say.
It is up to each retailer to reach agreements with their suppliers. Different agreements may be reached.
I haven't checked out Amazon yet so maybe they have different music for sale, not from the major record companies?
The amazon.com MP3 Download Store carries all 4 major labels. (The fourth, Sony, was added in January 2008.) However, it is not available in Australia.

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