Sharing itunes with three user accounts?

On my mac there are three user accounts, and i want to move my itunes library from one user account to another.

They can be transferred to another iTunes library but not another iTunes account.
Just copy them.

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    They can be transferred to another iTunes library but not another iTunes account.
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    Message was edited by: bitman

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