Transferred Songs Won't Allow me to Authorize

Hello,
I have another Macbook Pro that I just got, and I was trying to transfer my songs to my new iTunes library from my older Macbook. I succeeded transferring the files from one machine to the other, except whenever I try to play a majority of the purchased songs on my Apple ID account, it asks me to authorize the account. So, I type in password, and I receive an error message saying that I can only authorize 5 computers. I did not exceed the limit. What is the reason for this problem, and how can I fix it?
Thanks

How many authorizations do you think you have? If you had a computer and the hard drive crashed and you replaced it, the first drive would be one authorization, the new hard drive would count as a second. Any old computers you have authorized but no longer use will still count if you did not deauthorize them while they were still in your possession. (I'm not sure, but I think authorizations may also count for different user accounts on the same computer.)
Is it possible that you have actually met the limit of five? If so, you do have the option once a year (if you have reached the limit of 5) to deauthorize all. You may then start over and authorize current machines. There's a lot of info on authorization here: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/authorization/

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