iTunes demanding that I re-authorize older laptop
Yesterday I noticed that iTunes is suddenly demanding that I register my 1+ year-old laptop as a NEW machine in order to play both TV shows that I've purchased (from iTunes; some as recently as yesterday!) and some older music, as well. It's a pretty random-seeming selection of songs that are now unavailable to me, but ALL TV shows, as far as I can tell. Naturally, I'm resistant to the notion of registering this laptop (for a second time, since I've had it for over a year now) since that would add to my Apple-imposed max' quota of 5. QUESTIONS: (1) Has anyone else experienced this before...? (2) Does anyone know a way around it...?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)