HT1296 itunes recogizes my iphone, but says if I sync, the music will be replaced by what is in the library (not what I want). How do I get what's on the iphone to the library?

This happens everytine I get a new computer - I am trying to upload the music on my iphone to itunes. The device shows in itunes, but when i ask to sync, it says the music on the phone will be replaced with what is in the library. I want the phone's library imported to the itunes on my computer. How do I do that?
Thank you.

f it happens every time you get a new computer, one would think you would have figured it out by now...
Media sync is one way. Computer -> Phone. Copy the media from your old computer to the new computer. Then let iTunes wipe it off of your phone and re-sync.
The only media you can transfer from the phone to the computer is media purchased on the phone from the iTunes store. Use File>Transfer Purchases in iTunes to do that.

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