Sharing content between users

My wife and I have separate accounts on our mac running osx lion. I want to be able to share all content in iTunes between the 2 accounts that automatically updates on the 2 accounts if either user imports a new cd, or buys a new app.
Has anyone managed to do this? and can anyone tell me how to do this?
Many thanks in advance for any replies.

A *.tpc file is the file type that is generated when you select Standalone Topic when you publish content.
If user A publishes a topic as a standalone file, and then sends it to user B in an email, or copies it to a shared drive, then user B can import it by clicking Tools --> Import Topic. Be sure that when you import you are on the topic level in the outline and you are importing where you want the topic to display, although you can move it after you import it but why make extra work for yourself? :)
When user A publishes, a box displays that asks if you want to open the folder where the file published. Select that choice, and then right click the file, and user A can send the file using email immediately using the Send To from the shortcut menu. Easy.

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