Two separate itunes music libraries. Can we share purchased music

My husband and I have separate itunes music libraries on the same computer.
How can we copy itunes purchased in one music library to the other library?

Refer to this article:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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