How do i move music off ipod app on the iphone3 onto my computer without losing it!?

i have been given an iphone 3 i want to update the ios or something but cant do that without using itunes. but if i snyc etc with itunes apparently the music that is on the iphone will dissappear and the music on the itunes will replace it. i dont want to lose the music that is on the ipod i want to move it onto a computer.

If any of the music on the iPhone was purchased from the iTunes Store, iTunes includes an option for transferring the music to your iTunes library but you must authorize your computer with the person's Apple ID and password with iTunes that purchased the music.
There are some 3rd party utilities that provide for transferring music from an iPhone that was not purchased from the iTunes Store.

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Message was edited by: bethyanne
I just noticed this question is under the iPod Nano First Generation discussion but I have a 2nd Generation
Message was edited by: bethyanne

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P.C. Instructions
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