My hard drive crashed I need to redownload itunes to the new puter.. do I have to pay for itunes?

My hard drive crashed on my old computer.. I keep looking for a site to download itunes again but I seem to have to pay a fee to download it.  Am I missing soimething here?

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup dopy of your computer for just such an occasion.  Use your backup copy to put everything back.
If for some reason you have failed to backup, then you can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod:  File>Transfer Purchases.
If you are in the U.S. then you can use the newly released icloud beta version to retrieve previous purchases.  open itunes store, click Purchased under Quick Links.

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