Some items in the iTunes library were not copied because they could not be converted error

When I try to sync my iPhone with my Windows version of iTunes I get the error "Some of the items in the iTunes library were not copied to the iPhone because one or more errors occurred."
The error for all 3 of the songs is: "iTunes could not copy "song name" to the iPhone because the file could not be converted."
The 3 songs are all songs that I have purchased from iTunes recently. One of them is just one song of an album that I purchased. If I go to my iPhone and download the songs from my purchased music section, they will download and play just fine. However, every time I sync the iPhone and iTunes I get the same error.
I am using iTunes10.6.3.25. I am running 6.0 iOS on the phone.
Thanks!

I stumbled across this thread for the same issue. I had 12 songs that suddenly wouldn't sync from iTunes on my iMac to my iPhone 4.
I use iTunes Match and the missing songs were both purchased from iTunes and matched from CD's I had ripped.
Per Winnits I also ended up deleting them and downloading them to resolve the issue.
I took a screenshot of the error window ("Some of the items in the iTunes library were not copied to the iPhone "My Name iPhone" because one or more errors occurred.") showing a list of the songs. Then I disconnected my iPhone.
I then deleted each song (but NOT from iCloud) and sent the files to the trash. The iCloud download icon immediately appeared and I clicked on it to download the song again. A few of the song titles were the same, either from different artists or a couple of live and studio versions. I deleted each one since you can't tell the specifics from the error message.
Then I reconnected my iPhone, let it sync and everything was fine, no more error message. I've no idea what the issue was…perhaps a corrupt file, who knows? I'm just glad it wasn't more than the dozen I ran into.
Hope that helps anyone that follows!

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