Istore won't let me authorize my computer

While I was living in Germany I bought a lot of music from the German MusicStore. Now I am back in the USA but I had to reload my OS and now I can't play any of the music I purchased in Germany. When I try and authorize my computer it says its not authorized. When I put in my account and password it takes me to my account in the German Music Store but it won't authorize my music.

Error "E_AUTH_NOT_READY" | Digital Editions

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