When I hook up any of my ipods I get a music was not copied error

As stated in the title every time I hook up one of my families 4 ipods an error message pops up saying that "the music was not copied because you are not authorized to play them on this computer".
Every single song was ripped through itunes from a CD or was bought from the itunes store. What gives?
I recently upgraded to Vista, but this problem just started a few days ago and I upgraded vista about three weeks ago.
Message was edited by: kd7yar

I would not expect this to happen for tracks ripped from CDs.
It is possible that your computer has lost authorisation. Have you tried playing one of the purchased tracks in iTunes? You should be invited to authorise your PC if it isn't authorised.

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