Using iTunes match with two different ID's

I have 1 iMac and need to have two users establish their own iTunes match enviornment. The iMac has 2 seperate G-raid external drives with each drive having an operating system with a different computer name. When I use the computer, I boot from g-raid-1. When my wife uses the computer, she uses g-raid-2. I was able to setup itunes match on each drive using our sperate ID's. my wifes config, worked for about an hour. Mine works fine. I'm suspecting a mac address capture is preventing what should be a perfectly legit and legal implimentation of apples products from working in a normal way. It does not make sense to me that I have to go out a buy another iMac, just so that each iTunes match environment will have it's own mac address. I know i can run a terminal command and change the mac address, or use one dirve via airport and the other via ethernet wire, but perhaps there's a basic issue at play here that has nothing to do with the seperate drive images and seperate user accounts. any thoughts? thanks

iTunes Match is associated with one, and only one, iTunes Store Apple ID and country-specific store. The service cannot be shared between Apple IDs.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
If we sign up for iTunes with the one account with the majority of the songs, is Home Sharing no longer available to the other two accounts?
Of course it is. iTunes Match has no affect on Home Sharing.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
A. What happens to the songs on the other two libraries? Can we never use them?
It is possible to consolidate the tracks from the other iTunes libraries into one and use that for iTunes Match. Make sure the one computer that hosts the library is authorized to play any protected content.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
C. If we purchase songs/albums while in iTunes Match, and then decide not to use Match in the future, do we lose all our music?
Of course not. Any purchases go to the purchase history for the Apple ID that bought them and as long as the tracks are downloaded and backedup you'll have them as long as you maintain them. Keep in mind that iTunes Match is a service; you don't do anything "in" iTunes Match. It simply "is" in the background.
Indy Apple Guy wrote:
D. If we associate our child's iTouch, will it still keep the parental controls in place so it won't play certain songs that are not appropriate f
Yes, parental controls should continue to work as they have. Although I do not use them, perhaps someone else with experience will weigh in.
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