Setting up ipod on one computer and using it on another

I am buying my brother an iPod but need to set it up for him with music before I give it to him. Can I download music from my computer (and my iTunes) to his iPod and still set the iPod up on his computer afterward? Will he lose the songs I put on there when he connects the iPod to his computer? I'm sorry if this is an obvious question and I missed the article about it.

yes.. you will need to find a third party program that will take the songs from the ipod to the computer.. you wont be able to do it without a third party program.. they consider it sharing music, which as i am sure you know is illegal.

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