I am going to move out for college next year, should I get my own apple ID?

My whole family shares the same apple ID, including one sister who is already moved out. If I understand correctly only 5 computers can be associated with an apple ID. So my thoughts are that as each of my siblings and I move out over the years and eventually have our own familys we will need to associate more and more computers with whatever apple ID we are using. So, it looks like we will need to creat our own apple IDs eventually.
So if all that is correct, I guess my question is this: How can I keep all my familys music, apps, etc. (from the account we all currently use) and set up my own account? Because it seems that if I create my own account that I will lose access to all of the stuff we have already purchased.
Thanks for any help!

you have to create a new one...but you cannot transfer your purchases from the old account to the new one...its not allowed because only your old account owns the music purchased

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