Itunes cancels my CD burn

Hi,
This is not my first time burning a cd in iTunes, but fist error. I tried burning a CD of songs just now and it asks for the cd, i put it in, and it starts the initializing process, then says canceling CD burn. The cd is ejected and i get an error -50 "an unknown error has occurred" The tracks are less than 60 minutes all together, Its not the CD, because the FINDER can open the blank cd, I have used the same cds before in iTunes, i have tried multiple CDs , and TDK is a good brand.
The only think im not sure of is, that I'm trying to burn a song that i downloaded from itunes music store. It will be the first burn of that song however.
Thanks,
josh

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