How do I move songs?

my four-year old ipod video has seen better days and i dont want to lose all my songs and videos. how do get all my songs and videos off my ipod and into my computer safely? they are not on my computer now because my hard drive crashed a couple months ago and i lost all of my songs/videos. now i want to get them onto my computer so i dont lose any/all of them. HELP!!!

Have you failed to maintain a backup (terrible idea)?
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup, then you can transfer itunes purchases:
File>Transfer Purchases
You can also do a forum search as this is asked and answered every day.
Backup, backup, backup.

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@allamb & stephanW
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