Will I lose iTunes purchased music when changing acct names?

My son and I both used one iTunes account to purchase songs and have a big library of music. He's moved away and now I want to have my own iTunes account (current account is in his name and username).

If I create a new account, will I lose the current library and/or the previously purchased music from my computer? If so, how do I prevent this from happening?

I want to make sure I take the right steps to keep my Library and purchased music.

Thanks for your help.

2009-07-11T09:31:07Z

Will I lose the library? I know I can burn copies of the puchased music as there are only about 24 songs, then re-load them.

If you post me a link, please make sure it works. Thanks.

2009-07-13T09:27:01Z

Seems my music files are on my hard drive, so I wouldn't lose my library.

Freckles...2009-07-11T09:21:12Z

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yes you would
when you get your new account you can get iGadget and it will copy from your ipod to itunes

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