WMA FIles Windows DRM

I just purchased a new Charlotte Martin CD and it will not transfer into my iTunes folder or onto my iPod. The files are WMA Windows DRM. I can only play them through Windows Media Player. How can I get them on my iPod?

You're the best Kevin87!! I have been working on this for the past month - nothing worked - if I wrote everything I did, I could write a novel...
This is what I did - it is long, but it actually worked...
copied original CD to hard drive
go into Windows Media - to change the format - right click on either Rip or Burn - Tools-Options-Rip Music tab - change format to MP3 - okay
burn hard drive copy to blank CD
rip copied CD - it automatically ripped into iTunes
then import to library through iTunes - as you normally would
Give that a try Timothy - hope it works for you as well...good luck

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