Songs not authorized to play on iTunes??

Not sure if anyone has encountered this but while going through some songs I haven't listened to in a while I'll get a prompt saying, "This song is not authorized to play on iTunes", it'll ask for my password & then it'll say, "You've given access to play this song on 2 computers now"?????
Can anyone tell me what's going on?

Can anyone tell me what's going on?
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