So what's the deal w/AAC protected/unprotected files ?

I'm a long time user, and so I have been buying from iTunes store for years. I have been checking into my music files, and I see that many, probably more than 2GB, are "AAC protected" files in the info section.....
I was just given a Sony mp3 walkman player as a gift. It will play UN-protected files only. I'm wondering if I have workarounds/options, or will I just have to go on using my iPod which doesn't have the 8GB capacity of my new gift?
Also, is it possible to convert iTunes music videos into a format that will work. The player says it supports the H-264 codec (unprotected, I'm assuming)
BTW: this IS in fact a question about what to do with my iTunes library so that I won't lose my music. You know, I backed up data files on my old iBook hard drive and now some of them don't want to be put back on my new HD?
I just want them all to be Unprotected files when I get done.
Any help appreciated,
Garth.

What you paid for was a track with DRM. DRM-encumbered files are useless outside of iTunes, so getting a useful track for just 30 cents might be a pretty good deal.
Dear ed2345,
Thanks for the input, but I really disagree with you there. Not the part about the 30 cents, but the first sentence where you put me straight w/" What you paid for......etc." Yes, it is a fact, and I know that now, obviously. I think that the original version of iTunes should have been advertised as; "Buy music from our iTunes store that can be played ONLY on our mp3 players"......but it wasn't, and never is, marketed as such, is it? I know that I don't have any special education in computers, being self-taught, and I know that I paid for that music in good faith. Did you ever once see an AD that said, "But this only plays on iPod!". No, they said, "you can play them on your iPod", but neglected to mention that it can't be played on any other. They aren't the only ones guilty of this kind of bunk, I know. Maybe one day we'll live in a world where this kind of half-info. advertising will be against the law. Heck , even the news only gives half of the story any more, and people should stand up and demand the details, because you know the old saying is actually true, "The Devil is in the details!"
As for the tunes, I paid for them in good faith, and they should be mine. Why else would anyone pay the same price when they could've had the whole CD at an actual store. I think that they reached a saturation point where people got aggravated and wise, and the jig was up, so they removed it, but not before letting the market get< " as Jimmy Stuart says.
Not to be a jerk or anything, but I'm just in no mood for a lot of corporate cheerleader talk. I'm not buying the extra 30cents on principle. I'll just chuck em first!

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