Imported CD's to iTunes9 can't be shared between users

Tried to share music on one computer (MacPro) with my laptop (MacBook Pro) with the same iTunes user account.
The Shared Library ("XXXXXX Shared Library") and the little house icon appear, and I can drag the selected file(s) to my laptop's music library from the shared account (the little '+' icon appears). However, when I drop it I get the message '... permissions insufficient to allow..." and it doesn't complete any further.
Some files (those from iTunes Store) seem to transfer OK. I see no way to fix this and the information in the Help files have no information about this. Can you give any advice on why or how to work around this seeming bug in iTunes?

HenryS wrote:
Jolly Giant wrote:
maybe there is a way. if you had an external HD handy and put a fresh copy of SL there ... well at least one could test !
another idea would be to remove iTunes an reinstall it.
i know, you shouldn't have to do any of this but you may want to go either route. unfortunately, i don't have a spare drive right now. mine are full with clones and backups.
I can do the remove/reinstall.
if you decide to, you may want to consider moving your iTunes folder to an external drive first.
But I also wanted to investigate a large common library between at least two of my computers- desktop and laptop- maybe three. A desktop, and two laptops.
The plusses are:
1. Duplication is avoided.
dupes aren't a big problem, IMHO. they can be easily tracked down and removed
2. A common library can be used from anywhere in the house via wireless.
absolutely, and it works well too
3. Using the iPod on my iPhone is the usual answer when on the road and syncing to the local drives is a good alternative. I find myself using the iTunes app less as a result.
MInuses:
1. No music library when traveling. The iPhone would possibly avoid this.
2. Adding music if downloaded while on the road to a new local library means I have to drag it in when back home. Sync from iPhone would possibly avoid this.
Any thoughts?
no arguments against any of the above and no drawbacks i can see. i have fancy Apple made those devices and the software with that in mind. when out and about, you purchase content with a Touch or an iPhone. back home you sync that content back to iTunes. while at home, you'd do it the other way round.
is there still room for improvement ? you bet your sweet little tush ! but you can spin even that into a positive direction: if it would be perfect, we wouldn't have had this nice brainstorming today
good computing !

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