4th Gen iPod from Mac to PC

I have a quick question (perhaps). I have a 40GB 4th Gen iPod (non color) that I would like to give to my brother. I am a Mac, he's a PC (just like the commercial). If he connects it to his PC, will iTunes recognize the device and will he be able to pull the music off of my device (previously used on my Mac) to his PC? Then he would be able to reformat the ipod and resync it. Or is this simply not possible. Thanks for any insight into this issue.
-J
Ok, you know what, I just read a previous poster who was wondering how to keep music from a second hand used iPod. This is not the case with what I am asking. I know I can share my iTunes library with him and give him access to play the songs, just curious if he could pull them off of my iPod, then use it for himself. Thanks!
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A Mac formatted iPod can't be used on a Windows pc without the aid of 3rd party software because Windows is incapable of reading Mac formatted drives.
One such program is MacDrive 7.
Other than that, the iPod will have to be reformatted for use on Windows, and thus erase the contents in the process.

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