I have to disagree with Itune also, make copies of all your songs in itunes (cd's) if you have hundreds could be a few cd's, then delete your account, open a new one. and put the songs back into your new itunes account, if you already have songs on an ipod. and did not have an account with itunes.. they cannot just erase your songs on your ipod, never heard of that.if for some reason when you open the new account and your ipod gets erassed, you have the songs on the cd's you can load back in. this is what I would try.. see what happens  either way you back them up. you are all set right.. good luck Rick