IPod Mini to iBook - songs greyed out

Wonder if someone could help. I have just legally moved songs from my IBM laptop to by iBook as per the Mac Store suggestion. I then upgraded the iPod mini to be a 'Mac' format, and erased all songs on it.
I then copied all teh songs from the IBM to the iBook, and they play fine.
The songs transferred to the iPod and they all appear, and they play fine from the iPod control wheel. All seems OK.
BUT(!) when I have the iPod connectred in the latest versiojn of iTunes, and I see it as a device, the songs are greyed (grayed) out and cannot be played from iTunes. Before I upgraded, I could do this and control the iPod from both the iBook andn the IBM laptop and start / stop songs etc..
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Jeff, thnaks for the advice. Just one thing I forgot to mention was that there is a little closed padlock icon next to the Mb used at the bottom of the screen window. But I'll have a go at your suggestion. Thanks again.

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