Library can't be read or updated, error (-50)

I have just installed iTunes 7.0.2 (forced to by the Music Store!), and it is not working for me. When I run it, a small window pops up that says "importing iTunes Music Library.xml", with a progress bar. This goes on for many minutes. When it finally finishes, a popup tells me that my old library was unreadbale and has been saved in "iTunes Library (Damaged).itl". Yet another popup now says something like "There was an error saving iTunes Library.itl (-50)". (I'm not sure of the exact message, but the number is -50.) The little window in the top center of iTunes then shows messages about gapless playback info, and I get a succession of error -50 popups for every file it tries to save. If I exit and run iTunes again, I now have a completely empty library. I can restore the library from backups, but then the same old thing happens again.

What version of iTunes did you have before you
upgraded?
4.7.1

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