Saving music on an ipod that previous owner dowloaded from their itunes account

I was given an Ipod Nano 2nd generation as a gift several years ago. There are 181 songs on the ipod all of which were downloaded from someone elses itunes account. I don't know itunes Id or password & I don't have an itunes accounts. How can i back up the songs & reset my ipod without losing all the songs?

Yes. See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
If photos were synced to the iPod then you need a third-party program like TouchCopy or PhoneView.

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