New itune purchase "not authorized to play" on my iMac

[sapsjr]

(I have an iMac. I wasn't sure where to post this)

Sometimes when I buy an album in the itune's store there are certain songs that itune's wont let me play.
I get this message:

This computer is not authorized to play "Sunset Soon Forgotton". Would you like to authorize it?​

I just bought this 10 min. ago. If I log in and click "Authorize" it tells me that this computer is already authorized and the song still wont play. This has happened on 2 of my last 5 purchases. Everything has been purchased and is exclusively used on my iMac.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I tried searching the forums and Google but can't seem to find a fix for this. I'd appreciate a little help

 

[phlydude]

Just throwing out a shot in the wind here but would deauthorizing all computers on the account and then re-signing in fix this issue?

 

[sapsjr]

Just throwing out a shot in the wind here but would deauthorizing all computers on the account and then re-signing in fix this issue?

Thanks for the suggestion. I did try that. I just tried again. Still no luck. It still tells me it's not authorized to play.

I also deleted the hd/library/cache folder and repaired disk permissions.

 

[blevins321]

Wait a sec. I thought that any iTunes music purchase in the past 2-ish? years was DRM-free. I know TV Shows/Movies are still protected but I thought that music was supposed to be DRM-free.

 

[sapsjr]

Wait a sec. I thought that any iTunes music purchase in the past 2-ish? years was DRM-free. I know TV Shows/Movies are still protected but I thought that music was supposed to be DRM-free.

Yeah I think it is. Everything plays whether the computer is authorized or not. It's just these 3 damn songs that won't. It's frustrating because one of the songs is what made me purchase the album earlier...and I can't even listen to it.

I'm going to try syncing it with my iPod and see what happens.