Songs wont play because 'the computer is not authorized' ...??

Some of my songs won't play because 'the computer is not authorized' but when I authorize it, it says it's already authorsized??
Can anyone help with this? I tried deauthorizing the computer, but same thing.

Same problem. Not sure if it's since updated to Mavericks or iTunes updated. Must be one of the two as it has never happened before. Tried updating iTunes but still happens.
On one album I bought for example, it will only play certain songs; others it will tell me it needs authourising and then go ahead and tell me that it's already authourised. Fun.
Obviously this is a problem that has been happening for a long long time judging by previous discussions but yet to see any that had a solution!

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