Home Sharing 4 users on iMac using 3 Apple IDs.

I have 4 different User log-ins on our iMac, each has a IOS device and and Apple ID. Mom and Dad use the same Apple ID on our devices. I have a network drive where I keep our converted DVDs and CD music. Generally speaking everything works very well together but I would like to have a single "Shared" library that we all have access to for things that don't need Copyrights, then, individual logins/iTunes can keep those things purchased with individual Apple ID seperate from the others. The problem I have had in the past is if Son wants to have some of my songs on his iTunes and device, his library size increases. So if there are 3000 songs that we all want to use, there are 4 copies of all 3000 on the iMac hard drive. If you add movies to the libraries, my storage requirements get pretty huge. What's the best way to manage this mess while keping the integerity of the purhase rights intact?

Doesn't work - ask Apple.
Sorry, but at the moment I have no good feelings for them. User friendly multi-user environments don't seem to very popular at Apple.
Martin

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