Question on using using purchases on multiple ipods

Hi,
I am pretty new to this forum and cant get my head around some problems. I have been told its possible to purhcase something on an itunes account, but use it on more than one ipod. So for example I buy something on my itunes and sync with my ipod, can my girlfriend plug in her ipod to my itunes to sync that purchase with her ipod. I tried this last night and received a warning that confussed me, something about transferring purchases to her ipod, which I was afraid would wipe them from mine.
I saw this feature on the Itunes site called 'home sharing', not too sure if this is what I should do or not.
Hope the above makes sense and thanks to anybody that can help.
Cheers,
Paul

So for example I buy something on my itunes and sync with my ipod, can my girlfriend plug in her ipod to my itunes to sync that purchase with her ipod.
Yes. This may help:
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I tried this last night and received a warning that confussed me, something about transferring purchases to her ipod, which I was afraid would wipe them from mine.
Without knowing the exact message, it's difficult to offer advice. But anything to do with your girlfriend's iPod would almost certainly have nothing to do with yours. If you can post the precise error message, we can probably be more informative.
I saw this feature on the Itunes site called 'home sharing', not too sure if this is what I should do or not.
Home Sharing is for copying content from one computer to another. If you're using only a single computer, Home Sharing will be irrelevant.
Regards.

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