Multiple Apple IDs on one iTunes??

I bought my husband an iPod Shuffle for running.
He has never had an Apple product before so he does not have an Apple ID.
Can I create an Apple ID for him and ADD it to my existing iTunes account (which already has an iPod, iPhone and iPad)?
Or do I need to download iTunes and create an Apple ID on his laptop (and hope he doesn't notice)?
Any help is greatly appreciated!

Multiple users can "authorize" content on one computer, but in order to re-download content (including Match and stuff purchased on another device/computer), you have to "associate" the computer with that AppleID, and this can only be done for one AppleID per computer and can only change every 90 days.
This has always been the rule, but it's more obvious since iTunes 11, because all your previous purchases now appear as cloud content, and it's easy to screw things up by accident.
If you email the iTunes store, it's possible they will reset the counter and let you switch back to your AppleID (they did for me), but they will only do this once.
There's really no reason to "back up" stuff purchased from the store.  If you want to listen to it on the computer, you can do "transfer purchases" while syncing, so there are workarounds.  Still, it's unquestionably a stupid rule that punishes legitimate users and does nothing to stop illegal sharing.  I encourage you to write very nasty feedback about it.

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