Copies of music purchased on iMac appearing on MacBook - how?

My husband has downloaded purchased and free items from iTunes onto the home iMac. I have a wireless connection from my MacBook, and all of a sudden, all of his purchased material appeared in my iTunes library but I don't know how! We have a family dotmac (mobileme) membership and my husband's account is the primary account.
Now, I don't mind some of his music, but I draw the line at Motley Crue and the like!!!! How can I :
a) get rid of (some of) his music from my laptop, and
b) stop it from happening again?
Many thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Jeanette.

Hi there,
I think I've sorted it. I went back and had a good look at all the songs which have mysteriously appeared and discovered they were all added on the same day! I know I attached my hubby's iPod to load some songs on for my son to have, and I must have said yes to the "transfer purchases" question.
So sorry for disturbing you all, but thanks for the reply!
Jeanette.

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