# Help! "It may be corrupt or not licensed?" Imported Music Problem.

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304>\
**Category:** Ableton\
**Tags:** itunes, ableton, macos\
**Created:** [July 26, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304 "2014-07-26T09:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![LordStudz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LordStudz](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/LordStudz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304/1 "2014-07-26T09:22:53Z")

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**Help! “It may be corrupt or not licensed?” Imported Music Problem.**

I am working on Ableton 9 on a Mac, I import music for clips and samples directly out of iTunes. Recently, and with EVERY song from iTunes, whenever I try to import something, a message pops up out of Status Bar saying that “Song could not be read. It may be corrupt or not licensed.”.

I had reinstalled Ableton and redownloaded my iTunes library multiple times, but to no avail, every song still causes the same problem.

Any support to solve this problem is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![deevey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/deevey/32/10758_2.png) [@deevey](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/deevey)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304/2 "2014-07-26T18:10:05Z")

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> [@LordStudz](#):
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> I am working on Ableton 9 on a Mac, I import music for clips and samples directly out of iTunes. Recently, and with EVERY song from iTunes, whenever I try to import something, a message pops up out of Status Bar saying that “Song could not be read. It may be corrupt or not licensed.”.
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> I had reinstalled Ableton and redownloaded my iTunes library multiple times, but to no avail, every song still causes the same problem.
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> Any support to solve this problem is appreciated.

if I remember right this happens if quicktime is uninstalled or corrupt.

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**Author:** ![LordStudz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LordStudz](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/LordStudz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304/3 "2014-07-26T20:13:00Z")

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**Ok**

> [@deevey](#):
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> if I remember right this happens if quicktime is uninstalled or corrupt.

This?

 ![quicktimelogo.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/e/3/e30982f1bedd8c342333614e7dbb6ff05a9277f0.jpeg)  
If so, what should I do? Reinstall it? How?

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**Author:** ![Stormcaller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/stormcaller/32/12249_2.png) [@Stormcaller](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Stormcaller)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/help-it-may-be-corrupt-or-not-licensed-imported-music-problem/67304/4 "2014-08-04T20:35:57Z")

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Its definitely an issue with Quicktime when you get this error in PC land so it stands to reason the same will happen if there is a Quicktime error on a Mac. I use both but don’t know macs as well.

Have you tried running the auto updater to make it get updated versions of itunes and quicktime?