Unpurchased albums showing up in library

Over the last couple of days several albums that I have not purchased have shown up on my ipod and in my itunes library. Any ideas how or why?

Over the last couple of days several albums that I have not purchased have shown up on my ipod and in my itunes library. Any ideas how or why?

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919
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