Sharing my music

Hi there,
i am new to itunes, and was just wondering how i share my music whith my frineds (assuming i've paid for it) by just copying and pasting the data directly from my music folder in windows to their external HD or USB pen, when its auto sorted all wierd by itunes.
ie. if i wanted to give someone 5 different songs, they are in 5 different folders under 5 different artists. Then when you grab the file inside the folder, its just the track name and not the artist. Which means i have to copy the folder and the track inside for them. This sounds a little bit of a hassle???
Do any of you know a better way?
Joye

Unfortunately what you are describing is not allowed by various copyright laws. The owners of the rights to those songs sell you the right to use the song on your computer, not to make copies of it for someone else to use.
If your friends are on the same local area network as you, you can allow them to listen to your music shared from iTunes. To do this, both computers must have iTunes running. On your computer, you need to turn on music sharing. Go to the iTunes menu, select Preferences, and select the Sharing pane from the Prefs area. You will see a checkbox for "Share my library on my local network" - check it and select what you want to share - your entire library or only selected playlists. You can require a password if desired.
On your friends computer, in iTunes preferences, check the box for "Look for shared libraries". Close preferences on both computers.
If everything is working right, on your friends computer in iTunes on the left side there are several headings including one new one - SHARED. Beneath that your friend should see the name of your shared music library along with any others on the local network that are also shared. He can then play the music as if it was on his computer.
Information about sharing music is available in the iTunes help system.
Hope this helps you. Good luck.

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