Suddenly being told unauthorized to play songs

Hi. I bought a song from the iTunes store this morning, and when I attempted to sync iTunes to my iPod a message was thrown up telling me my Mac is not authorized to play 134 items in my library. (I was asked to verify my account information, which had not changed, and was then told I had successfully authorised 1 computer of my allowed 5, which seemed odd.)
The list includes songs and audio books I've bought from the iTunes store, and others I've ripped from my CD collection. I've had no problems like this before.
I've just restored my iPod, but this hasn't made any difference. My library (apart from the aforementioned 134 items) is being loaded to it again as I type.
Can anyone help?
Thanks

Some of my iTunes store purchased songs will play and
some won't. It keeps asking me to authorize my
computer - I comply , it tells me that it was a
successful authorization, but when I attempt to play
the song, it starts over with the "not authorized"
message. I've fallen into a loop and can't get out.
I e-mailed iTunes support and they suggested
downloading iTunes 7.0.1 which I already have. They
also suggested getting the newest Quicktime download.
I re-installed both, but nothing has changed.
I had a similar problem for awhile. Mine turned out to be a problem in Keychain Access. I had a bunch of duplictes in the there along with some "old" identities that I didn't use. For example, I changed my itunes email address and then iTunes started throwing up.
Here is the basic fix: Go to the utilities folder and click on "Keychain Access". On the menu bar choose "Keychain Access .. Keychain First Aid". After you enter your passward click on "verify" and it will examine your keychain and list any errors. Click the "repair" button to repair. While your at it, clean out any duplicates you have in the keychain list. I cleaned up mine and life has been good.
Hope that helps.
--chuck
iMac G-5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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