Sharing iTunes Match across multiple devices

Hi All,
I have done some searching but I can’t find the answer to my question(s).
Current setup:
I have 1 PC and 2 Macbooks (my PC and my children have a Macbook each). Each PC/Mac has its own iTunes Library which is linked by my homeshare account. We share most of the music we buy across our libraries via homeshare
We also have 3 iPhone 4’s mine and the children’s. Each iPhone 4 is linked to its own iTunes library on the respective devices and we have 3 separate iTunes accounts.
I have just signed up for iTunes music Match on my PC/iTunes Account and want to know what the deal is regarding setting up my kids iPhones so that they are also linked to my Music Match account and how that can be done. I also want them to be able keep their own iTunes account so that they can still buy music and apps and download them to their phone and synch to their Macbook iTunes libraries.
Is this possible?
In summary - I don’t want to pay for 3 iTunes Match accounts but want my kids to be able to take advantage (synch to thier iPhones) of the music that is now in the cloud via my music match account whilst keeping their own iTunes accounts.
Hope this is clear and that someone can help…
Cheers
M

what makes it tricky is the individual itunes accounts for apps.
regarding music, my recommendation is to put each computer on the same itunes account (keep the files, but link the computers to the same account) when you activate match on each computer, the software will add the files from each respective computer and will create a master library (each computer will be able to see ALL files from all three computers. Then, I would put each iphone on the same itunes account (everyone share the same account).
as for apps:
I'm thinking I am reading right that the three iphones are linked to separate computers. I am pretty sure that an itunes account on a laptop or desktop can be "authorized" by multiple accounts. One beauty of itunes 10.5 is the ability to sync an iphone on one computer for "photos" and use the same iphone to sync to another computer for "apps" and another computer for "podcasts" etc (if anyone had any use for doing such a thing). What I believe this would allow someone in your situation to do, is to essentially be able to log each child's iphone into one itunes account for itunes match, but then use each individual computer to still sync the children's different app accounts. One child can sync to one computer for their apps and another child to another computer for their apps, etc. The difference, however, is i'm pretty sure there is no getting around what to do about future bought apps. they might all have to be bought on one account. If that is truely the case, you may not be able to do separate itunes accounts. In such a scenario, i would add everything to the itunes account that has the most apps, and begin shareing apps among them in order to share itunes match

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