Itunes library songs not mine

I went into my iTunes library and all the songs in there were someone else's. I synced my ipod by accident, now there is 16 songs in it, and all of mine are missing. How did a strange library get there?

See this -> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499

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