Why do I get exclamation marks beside my songs

what do I do to get rid of these exclamation marks

I have Exclamation marks by my songs but not in the itunes library itself, only when i try to download them into my phone. the URL below is a video showing my problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doNLwKTme1c&list=UUFpnYmFaxG1CQbfHgV3oq4w&index=1 &feature=plcp

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