How to burn as MP3 disc?

I have bought some songs from the AppStore.  I want to trnasfer them to an MP3 disc so I can play them in the MP3 player in my car.  I have been unable to do so.  When I follow the instructions at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550?viewlocale=en_US it still won't burn them.  How can I get them onto a disc I can play in my car?

dltom wrote:
When I checked the files that cannot be burnt, I found that they were all those I had bought from the iTunes Store.
Are these listed in the 'Kind' column as 'Protected AAC audio file'? - this would apply to songs bought from the Store before it changed to selling unprotected versions. You cannot convert protected files to another format.
There are two options:
a) You can burn them to an audio CD and rip that back into iTunes.
b) You can convert the songs to unprotected ('iTunes plus') for a fee: go to the Store and click on 'iTunes +' in the right sidebar.

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