Transfer songs I purchased w/iTunes gift certificates but loaded on a friend's Mac to my PC

I originally posted this problem in a way that didn't reflect that I bought the iTunes songs that I am trying to transfer from a Mac to a PC, so the post was removed. Please note I am not doing anything illegal. I bought the songs using iTunes gift certificates, but didn't know how to use the iTunes store and know next to nothing about technology, so my friend created a playlist for me on her Mac, it is under her name, but she used my gift certificates to purchase the songs, so I paid for the music. So, here's my problem (and take into account I am not technically savvy). I use my iPod nano every day and have an extensive playlist, but my iPod nano is synched with a friend's Mac and under her account, and she has moved out of the area I live in. I downloaded iTunes for Window (7) onto my PC and opened my own account. How do I transfer my playlist from my iPod nano under my friend's Mac account (and there's no way to contact her) to my PC and my own iTunes account? I was told to first "unsynch" my iPod from her Mac using Senuti or Export on my PC, but I cannot find a free version of either program, and don't want to download a free program from a website that may be unreliable. From there, I'm totally lost. So, I basically want to know if this can be done, because I have to hire a technician at my local Apple store to do this whole process for me (I'm terrified of losing my playlist) and want to keep the costs down (they charge $40 per half hour and money is tight for me). I also want to back up my playlist, and looked into creating a Cloud account, but it says to synch my iPod with Cloud first, and I don't dare to try that on my own, so I guess I'll have to pay for the techs to do it. Is there another way to store my playlist, such as a flash drive? Still, I don't dare to touch anything on my iPod without face-to-face technical support. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Thank you!

try following the steps in here:
iOS: Syncing your data with iTunes

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