Trouble importing SOME cds?

I think I know the problem but there has got to be away around it...help. I am about ready to throw this thing.
I have been reimporting all of my hundreds of CD and some will not import...they are saying that their is a privilege issue. I think that the artist/label have restrict importing of those CDs? I need to get them on my mac/iTunes. I have imported them on a work PC but when I bring them over I can not change anything and still can not convert to AAC (privilege restriction) or add the artwork.
Please someone Help!

This is usually because of some copy protection added to the disk by the manufacturer. Have you tried ripping the CD using another program then importing the files to iTunes?

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