How to authorize songs under new account without buying them again?

Question

Okay, so for the past five years, I've been using my dad's account to buy iTunes. It sounds great in theory but now I'm in college and I live in a different city and I wanted to have my own account instead of using my dad's account for the rest of my life. Only it turns out that even if you've spent almost $1,000 in the iTunes store over the course of your life, Apple couldn't care less and they want you to buy all of those songs all over again.
People have suggested authorizing my dad's account on my computer and that does solve the initial problem but at the same time, it makes having my own account kind of moot. I've tried downloading the songs to a disc and reimporting them with no luck, it still wants authorization. But the point is, I want my own account where the songs only need my authorization, not my dad's authorization which was the whole point in the first place. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Or will I have to keep using my dad's account until I'm old? Or will I have to buy over 1,000 songs all over again?

Answer 1

But can I change the ID itself? Like right now it's (this is just an example) [email protected] but could I change it to [email protected]
Yes. Go here -> https://myinfo.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyInfo
Your Apple ID does not have to be an email address either.
Note that the previously purchased songs will still show the old Apple ID as the account they were purchased on but you will use the new info to authorize them.
Right click - get info on one of the purchases to see the AppleID it was purchased with. This cannot be changed because the info is embedded in the song file itself.