Music purchased on itunes no longer plays

I recently bought several CDs worth of music for my iPod mini on iTunes and had absolutely no problems at all until the other day, when I discovered that the purchased songs will no longer play. The songs are still displayed as being available for listening. Yet, once selected, the iPod will run through the songs one by one, playing nothing at all. I can, however, listen to these purchased songs through iTunes. What exactly is going on here, and how can I fix it?
Asus laptop Windows XP Pro

Try syncing all the music off your phone (by unchecking Sync Music on the Music tab of your iTunes sync settings and syncing), then back on.

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