Tasha, I think you are allowed to burn 7(it used to be 10) consecutive burns of the same playlist with iTunes Music Store protected songs. But simply change the order of the playlist and you should be able to burn 7 more times. This keeps people from downloading an album and then burning 100's of copies and selling them. Very smart move on Apples part. Some people are under the assumption that AAC(.m4a) files are protected files. But only the ones you buy off the iTunes music store are protected. You can rip or import any of your personal CDs to AAC(.m4a) format and enjoy the high quality small file size that this format has to offer. These files are not protected files. You can use , share, burn, upload, download them how ever you want as much as you want. AAC(m4a files are compatible with every updated player out there. The links below may help answer any other questions you might have. I can make you a moving on how to burn a CD with iTunes if you like. , Jonathan Creating your own audio CDs in iTunes for windows. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165155 iTunes for windows help page http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/windows/