Syncing multiple Ipods

Hi,
In our house we have just the one laptop and over the years we have synced about 6 ipods to the one itunes account.
A while back my sister got an iphone andc I synced her ipod from the account and a notice came up that some of the songs coule not be synced because I had reached the limit of users.
I will be getting a new iphone 4 for christmas and I'm worried that I will not be able to sync my ipod with all of the songs I have purchased over the years, I have always bought all of my songs from Itunes and don't want to have to repurchase any?
Is there a limit to the number of ipods can be synced to to particular songs??
Thanks
Kate

Hi, welcome to Apple Discussions.
You can sync protected content (excluding rented movies) to as many devices as you like.
Each iTunes account can be simultaneously authorised on up to five computers.
Each iPod/iPhone/iPad can hold protected content from up to five different accounts.
tt2

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