I had used ipod2computer after my computer's hard drive failed and the program worked okay for me. It now doesn't recognize the touch so they must have changed the program.
You could try TouchCopy. They offer a free download and ask for $20 for additional support so I don't know if the free program is fully functional or not but it's worth a try.
I believe he was talking about his computer cause if his fake iPod HD (hard drive) crushed he could just get the song from his computer an I think ipod flash memory has somethingto protect it from deleting the stuff stored on it