ITunes reverting song names

iTunes seems to pick artists from my library and revert all their song names, which I spent hours renaming, to their previous and incorrect ones.
I don't know if it happens before or when I try to update my iPod, but I always notice the change when I do because the incorrect song names pop up on the progress bar...
Why is this happening and how can I stop it? ):

There's a lot of people in the same situation than yours. Maybe one of the suggestions below may help you:
 http://www.pinoymac.org/forum/archive/index.php?t-18541.html
 http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=7745
 http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=12379
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