Sharing itunes songs between different use accounts

My wife, son and I each have our own user account on the same Windows XP computer. We each have our own itunes with the library under each of our individual "my music" areas of the hard drive. What I am looking for help on is....how can I share the music or if necessary copy the songs so that some of all of my son's itunes library can be copied to my ipod along with my own itunes library. Is there a way to share our songs.
Thank you

Hi, ... Jim ... I'm guessing.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base - which explains how to set iTunes up to share music across separate User Accounts - and let us know if it brings you any combination of joy and/or satisfaction.
Post back if you need any clarification.

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