Getting my music back off my ipod

Hi,
I had my entire music collection on an external hard drive which then failed and I lost everything - gutted.
I have a lot of my music on my ipod but I have since changed computers and it won't let me copy it over to my new one.
How can I get my music onto my computer? I would be able to use the old computer but its been reformatted if that makes any difference.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can at least get some of my music back.
Many thanks,
R
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=776996&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=805256&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
Patrick

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