HT3819 Do songs disappear off all computers if they are deleted from the computer on which they were first imported/downloaded?

I've recently bought a new MacBook Pro and am wanting to sell my old iMac so am trying to transfer all my music. I've turned on Home Sharing and am currently importing all my music onto my MacBook via iTunes but am wanting to wipe my old iMac so I can advertise it. Does anyone know, if I wipe the iMac hard drive (where the songs were imported/downloaded and 'Home Shared' from originally), will I still be able to continue importing them on my MacBook, even though the original files are gone? I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance people!

If importing hasn't completed, then don't wipe the old computer until it does. Once the importing has completed and the files have been transfererd to the iTunes folder on the new computer - look to be sure the files are actually there - then erasing the old computer will not have any negative effect on the new system.
Regards.

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