Itunes and listening on multiple computers

I am new to iTunes. I purchased a song that is on my Dell computer at home. I understand I am limited to listening to my song on 5 computers. Now I am at my brother's house. He has the same type of computer. I want to listen to that song here...can I re-download it to his computer free-of-charge since I already paid for it....and so assign his computer as my 2nd computer? Or must I copy it manually from one computer to another.
If I can re-download it, how do I do so?
freemyheart
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You can only download purchases once.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93050
Use an iPod or USB drive to get purchases on another PC
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.4/en/15482.html

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