ITunes 9 not allowing me to edit song info, randomly

There doesn't appear to be any pattern to this, but when I am downloading new MP3s into iTunes (9.0.2) either from Amazon or eMusic, some of them come in normally and some of them come in without allowing me to edit any of the song information. This can happen even within one album, when all the songs are arriving in the library during the same download session. And yet some allow editing and some don't.
When I right-click on Get Info for either the album's folder or any of the individual files having this problem, it still tells me that I can read and write, under Ownership & Permissions.
Anyone have any ideas how to re-establish editing capability under these circumstances?

Jeremy610 wrote:
There doesn't appear to be any pattern to this, but when I am downloading new MP3s into iTunes (9.0.2) either from Amazon or eMusic, some of them come in normally and some of them come in without allowing me to edit any of the song information. This can happen even within one album, when all the songs are arriving in the library during the same download session. And yet some allow editing and some don't.
When I right-click on Get Info for either the album's folder or any of the individual files having this problem, it still tells me that I can read and write, under Ownership & Permissions.
Anyone have any ideas how to re-establish editing capability under these circumstances?
actually, i started a thread sometime ago about that exact same problem - with no result. in the end i waited it out and, since upgrading to iTunes 9.x, all is back to normal. no help to you at this point but ... just so you know you're not alone.
what you can try (and i did not at the time - so your milage may vary) is this by *Chris CA*
+Quit iTunes.+
+Open a Finder window.+
+Go to \Music\ folder.+
+Right click the \iTunes\ folder and Get info.+
+Go to the Sharing & Permissions tab.+
+Make sure your username has Read & Write privileges.+
+Directly below are ( + ) and ( - ) signs next to a little gear with a down arrow+
+Click the gear and select Apply to enclosed items.+
+Open iTunes then try again.+
does that work for you ?

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