How do I get songs back for my iPod touch?

How do i get the songs off my ipod touch to the computer?

• i got my friend to sync his songs onto my ipod (bad idea) coz now if i plug it back into my computer it will just sync all my songs back onto it :( and i have also tryed>> - making it a hard drive (doesnt work with ipod touch 2g) - all these diff softwares but i have to buy them and im only 15 so i cant buy them coz i dont have a c.card - trying to go deep into ipod /private/... is there a free software? like one that doesnt go to the trial? or like another way i can get the songs off? xx thanks

• Answer:

  The ipod is NOT the master device its a SLAVE to the itunes on the computer its paired to. Why do people assume that the ipod is a music backup system - its NOT! the Master files are on the computer in the itunes library and you really need to back these up directly or copy them onto the new PC its in"My Documents\My Music\iTunes" The ipod is a SLAVE device to ONE itunes only although itunes can have many ipods. When you PAIR an iPod with a computer it erases all songs on it!!! and deletes pairing with original computer. Sharing Copyrighted material such as Movies or Music is also illegal! You cannot transfer music from an ipod to itunes as Itunes is the MASTER location of the music files. if you NEED to transfer music form your ipod to the computer as you have lost the original you need a 3rd party application (I use Yamipod for mac) but a whole range can be found on www.versiontracker.com and enter ipod transfer in the search box under your operating system. I suggest copying the contents of the "iTunes Music" folder on your old computer onto the new one by USB hard disk, USB Flash memory or DVD-r once you have the utility installed run it and close itunes! connect the ipod (if itunes starts up and asks if you want to pair say NO and close itunes again). then with the utility transfer the songs form the ipod to your hard disk. Then disconnect the ipod, START itunes... drop the files you have just transferred onto the itunes Library and once the files have been copied into the library you can delete the originals (NEVER MOVE or touch the itunes folder on your computer otherwise you will lose the music let itunes manage it for you). Now reconnect the ipod and when it asks pair say YES and it will transfer the music to your computer. if doing this with 2 computers you have to do this on both!!