ITunes not copies because not AUTHORIZED to play on computer

I went to iTunes store and authorized my computer but when I try to sync my purchased music it still tells me that items are not authorized on this computer.

HI,
I am having the same problem. I have authorized/deauthorized/reauthorized but still no luck!
The purchased songs will still not transfer to my iPod and when I try to play them in iTunes I get a message to authorize, It then tells me I have authorized correctly but the song still won't play. Any ideas??????

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I recently bought Ministry of Sound's 90s Anthems 2 on iTunes. All the files have downloaded, but certain ones won't play. When I try to click them, I get the error message: 'This computer is not authorized to play X. Would you like to authorize it?' See below.
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