How do I get music off my ipod and on to my itunes acount?

I need to burn a CD for a freind but I cannot get my music off of my Ipod and on to my computer. I want to put it in a play list I made but it will not let me drag it.

The media should already exist in iTunes on the computer.
iDevices are not and have never been backup devices.
That being said, if for some silly reason the media is not in iTunes and you have chosen to not maintain a backup of the library, iTunes purchases can be transferred from an iDevice to iTunes. 
Connect the device, right click on the device and select "Transfer Purchases".

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