ITunes Account Splitting

Back in the start of iTunes I set an account up for the family (my wife, son & I). Did not want our son to build his own music as a child & wife did not have much interest then. Although my son added his own music as he grew, I liked it as well and so we kept sharing wildly diverse tastes.
My son is now away at college & with PING (a great idea) it is not going to be practical to share the account.
Anyone know how / if I can split up the music into separate accounts for each of us so we each can add our own PING groups, etc...?

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