Two users, one computer, sharing library

My wife and I share one computer. I have the lion's share of music in my library and she wants to be able to download some of my songs onto her iPhone. What is best method?

Terence Delvin,
What's your motivation? You reference my previous statement about it being a big problem.
Yet that post has, interestingly, been deleted. But you still know about it. I can only assume that you work for Apple and you deleted it.
To then suggest that it is my personal problem is rather counter-productive. It is no longer my personal problem b/c I no longer and will never use iTunes 7.0.
My motivation? I am trying to warn other people so that they don't have to go through the same hassle. I'm hoping that Apple will own up to the problem and fix it.
If you intend to continue to deny the problem, then don't bother posting anymore. If you have some inside information on why it happens, after you read the referenced blog (which was erased along with my previous post but which I will re-list), then by all means - post that here, and there as well.
http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2006/09/12/itunes-7-erased-my-ipod
There are far too many experience users there who had it erase their ipod without warning for you to write it off as OE (operator error).
Regarding your semantics question -
If a plane SOMETIMES crashes, that's a HUGE problem for the people affected. (I'm using this as metaphor and mean no comparision between the two events)
If iTunes SOMETIMES erases the ipod, that's a HUGE problem for the people who have it happen to them.

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