Why do i have to pay for my songs again?

I've bought a lot of music on Itunes,
and now i got myself a new MBP, and it takes a lot of time to find all the missing songs and when i find them i have to pay for them again...
Can this be true??

Re-downloading for free is not currently available in all countries (re-downloading and iTunes in the Cloud by country). Do the songs show on the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes home page on your computer's iTunes ? Or have you not got a backup copy of your purchases on, for example, an external drive that you can copy onto your Macbook Pro and add into its iTunes ?

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