HT1529 unable to burn playlist in Itunes- "unknown error (-3)

Hi
I have been unable to burn a playlist in Itunes. I get this message:'unknown error (-3)."
Please help!
Thank you
saulgreen

If the songs you are burning are old ones that are FairPlay encoded or have some other DRM then that my be the reason you can no longer burn them. 
Here is a reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay
Note that "A particular playlist within iTunes containing a FairPlay-encrypted track can be copied to a CD only up to seven times (originally ten times) before the playlist must be changed".

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