ITunes cannot convert WMA files?

I recently purchased the new Ice Cube CD, and included was a code for two digital downloads. I got the downloads as WMA files, and when I tried dragging them into iTunes to be converted, a window appeared saying that it could not convert the files because they are "protected WMA files". Any way around this?

Hello,
There is no legal way around this, and you won't be seeing iTunes convert protected WMA anytime soon without a partnership with the original content provider (again, unlikely)
Sorry

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