How do I sync music from ipod touch to computer.

I have 5.5GB of music on my ipod touch that I copied from my own cd's to an old computer that are now on my ipod touch.  I want to sync the music from my ipod touch to my computer.  itunes lists all the music but a message comes up when I try to listen to it on my computer saying "this song cannot be used because the original file cannot be found.
I have all the music on my ipod touch and it all works and I don't want to lose it if I sync.  It says when I sync that all music on my ipod touch will be lost, it will only sync with the music on the computer.  HELP.

See Here
How to transfer or sync content to your computer
From Here
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/syncing/

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