Receiving message "not authorized to play songs on this computer"

Attempting to sync IPOD and receive the message that the purchased songs will not sync to my IPOD, although it recognizes my IPOD on the left hand side, indicating unauthorized to play them on my computer. Any ideas?

Choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes and sync the iPod again.
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