Harddrive failure and lost authorizations

After 5.5 years, my original Mac harddrive failed in my G4. I have a new drive and I am well on the way with software restorals, however, there are some lost programs and program data that someone may be able to answer rather than fumbling in the dark...
1) I purchased about $20 worth of Itunes in the last 2 weeks. Is it possible to reload the songs from the Itunes store? Lucky I didn't buy any more!
2) I had purchased Quicktime pro 6 back in '03 and I have the authorization key numbers, but I have no installation disk. How should I proceed?
thanks a lot
-John

1. You probably can't without purchasing the music again, but some people have been able to; use one of the links on this page to contact the iTunes music store customer service.
2. Click here if you are using Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.39, or here for Mac OS 9 systems; in either case, you can enter your old key the same way you originally entered it after installing the software. If you are using Mac OS X 10.4, you need to purchase a new key.
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