I have an old account with purchased songs in it,however I have a new account now which does not allow me to listen to this purchased music.I have tried changing the password but to no avail.Please help

Question

The problem is I have an old account from an old I-pod which is now broken.Well the I-pod has been binned.I have a new i-pod and have a new user name.I have tried to access the songs i purchased yeateryear on my old device but and this  is a but .....The new account will not allow me to access these older purchased songs. I cannot listen to them or burn them onto a cd.It throws up my old account user name in a window with a password request to access this material.I have changed my password several times however I still cannot access these purchased songs.

Answer 1

iPods (that are not iPod touch) are not directly linked to any "account."  They are associated with your iTunes library.  The account in iTunes is your Apple ID, which is used to purchase and download content from the iTunes Store.  It lets the iTunes Store know who you are when you sign in.
Songs that are currently sold by the iTunes Store do not use DRM (copy protection).  However, songs purchased during the earlier days of the iTunes Store do use DRM.  If you have such songs that were purchased using a previous Apple ID (not your current Apple ID), you need to authorize your computer for that previous Apple ID.
Find one of the songs that does not play due to this problem.  Right-click on it in any iTunes list, and select Get Info.  On the song's Info window Summary tab, look for Apple ID.  That is the Apple ID used to purchase this song.
From the iTunes menu bar, under Store, select Authorize This Computer.  In the dialog window that appears, enter that Apple ID used to make the old song purchases (plus password).  Do not enter your current Apple ID and password.  Click Authorize.
The computer is now authorized for BOTH your old Apple ID and your current Apple ID.