ITunes music only playing for 5 seconds

Hello, everyone. I'm pretty new to iTunes. I just bought an iPod (1st. gen. Nano) from a friend of mine. It still had some music on it. When I play that music through iTunes, on some songs only 5 seconds play and then it goes to the next song. What causes that? Is that because the music was bought by someone else? Can I fix it?
Thanks in advance...

If you are not authorized then you shouldn't hear anything at all. But if they are purchased on another account you can't play them. If you get 5 seconds then consider that as a part of "you can't play them."

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