Syncing music/videos/apps that are already on my ipod touch

Whenever I sync my ipod with iTunes on my mac, any songs, videos, or apps that are different in any way whatsoever or automatically resynced to my ipod.  This is fine for apps, as the only way this would happen is if there is in app update.  However, for songs and videos, when the only change is the number of plays (the song has been played on my mac or my ipod since the last sync), iTunes copies all of those songs and videos again, even though they are already on the ipod.  Perhaps it's not really copying, but rather syncing the number of plays, but it takes just as long.  And after all that is finally done, it syncs the genius data for all 5000+ songs on my ipod.  This is another 20-30 minute process.  The genius playlists are nice and all, but they're not that nice.  This has been bothering my for some time.  Is there something wrong here, or is there a way to turn off this functionality?  I know you can turn off the genius option. 
My ipod touch is a 3rd gen and I'm syncing via USB 2.0, not wifi.
Thanks for the help.
Matt

connect your device and right-click or control-click your iPod in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.

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