My iphone 4 won't sync to my computer/load with my itunes as it is already synced to another computer. How do i sync it with my own itunes?

I have recently been bought an Iphone 4 from my dad in australia, he unlocked it for me on his computer and i think he must've "synced" it with his computer aswell as whenever i plug in my iphone to my own laptop, it doesn't open on itunes the way my ipod would appear in the list as a symbol. It says on the phone screen (After clicking Wifi itunes sync) 'Sync will resume when "ANTONYS PC becomes available" (my dads pc...) There's no option to change the computer the phone is in sync with, and i can't access my dad's computer in australia. How do i go about changing this to allow me to sync with my own computer and music?
Many thanks.

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