Old itunes songs only playing halfway on new computer

I used to own a 2006 macbook and now have a new windows HP laptop. When I tried to transer my itunes library to the new windows computer, all of the songs DID transfer over to the new computer from the mac, however, the songs that were purchased in 2006 under a previously used itunes account (no longer being used because of unused email address, etc. etc.) will only play halfway thorough. So I will be listening to my music and then at around, say, the 2 minute mark there is silence.....the song freezes and itunes just sits there. It wont move to the next song...it just does nothing. It's like I paused the song, but it is still technically playing. It does this on my computer as well as when I play the songs on my iphone. Does anyone have any idea about this? All of the songs that this happens to are "protected AAC audio files." No clue what that means, no clue why this is happening. Im not too computer savy (and the new itunes version isnt helping either) so I am lost on this one...and mad because I paid for these songs but now I can't listen to them!

You're supposed to transfer them from the old computer to the new one instead of redownloading them from the iTunes Store. Except for applications, Apple pays a royalty for each download and therefore usually doesn't allow free redownloads.
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