Hard Drive Crashed - No Backup Available - Anyway to retrieve purchases?

My 3 year old dumped a bottle of pop on my 6 month old laptop last week and I lost everything - with no backup of course. Is there anyway to get my itunes purchases re-downloaded on my new install without having to purchase them again?

Use the form on this page to request a free redownload, or use the Transfer Purchases feature if applicable. If neither of these works, you will need to purchase the songs and other content again to get them back; Apple needs to pay the copyright holders for each download from the iTunes Store other than podcasts and album artwork.
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