Protected m4a from my own ripped CD?

Hello,
i have such a mess on my own music library!
I have a library of more of less 5000 songs and i have an Itunes Match subscription.
All of a sudden (or rather when i decided to create m4a versions of my old mp3 files....why??) a lot of my songs became proctected, i.e. itunes repeatedly asks me to insert my Apple ID credential but when I do rrefuses to play them:
Please note that:
1. all are legit songs from my library
2. if i look at the proprerty=> information all of them appear to belong to my own apple ID
3. even random songs from a couple of homemade CD i burnt a long time ago now appear to be protected. (for example 3 out of 30 nursery rhyming songs...).
How can i get rid of those protection and be able to play all the song i have the right to listen??

a lot of my songs became proctected, i.e. itunes repeatedly asks me to insert my Apple ID credential but when I do rrefuses to play them:
Rare, but I've seen this once before ... if an AAC format file is damaged in the just the right/wrong way, it'll start throwing that authorisation message, even if it's a standard AAC file produced by a ripping/conversion process (not a purchased file of any sort).
Given that the AAC files in question are damaged, I'd just dump them and use your mp3 versions of the songs instead, as ed suggests.

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