Itunes says some of music is not authorized to play on my computer

my old computer's screen was damaged, so i went out and got another one when i did geek squad at best buy took the info off my old computer and put it on my new one this included itunes with all of my music, when i went to sync my ipod to the new computer some of my music was not put on because it said it was not authorized to play on my computer, is there a way to fix this?
thanks in advance.

Hey there,
Is your iTunes library authorized? If not, head to store drop down menu and click "Authorize." If it is already, try deauthorizing and then reauthorizing it. See if that helps.
B-rock

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