Apps stop running

Does changing the iPod account affect the existing apps?
My nephew got an iPod Touch from my sister in Australia, with a lot of apps and songs and movies for children. It was done under an account which I don't know the password. When my nephew received it, I had to install additional free apps for him, so I used my personal iPhone account. However, after 2 days, all the apps and movies that were bought by my sister in Australia stopped running (the strange thing is that the songs keep playing), while the apps I installed still run! Is this because I changed the account? (If yes, why did the apps keep running for 2 days after changing account?) Is there a way to fix the problem? (PS: no backup has been done to iTunes)

This appears to be a reoccurring problem. See the following link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2229153&tstart=15
Not happy to hear that buying a new app has stopped working. It appears to be the only fix that Apple has for this bug at this point.

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