Recover of music
How do I get music from my iPod (which has a separate account) to my iPad and recover all the music from my iCloud.
iPad, iPadOS 15
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Licensed media titles, such as music downloaded to your iPad/iPhone/iPod - or synchronised from a PC/Mac using iTunes - cannot directly transferred or copied between devices. Instead, you must download this content again from the source to your iPad where it can be played - or again synchronise your music library from your PC/Mac to the iPad.
Music derived from optical media, such as CD, will likely have been “ripped” to your iTunes music library - and can be synchronised to your iPad/iPhone/iPod in the same way.
The reason for this intentional limitation, deliberately imposed by Apple, is to protect Copyright. In the case of iPadOS/iOS, Digital Rights Management (DRM) prevents direct copying of copyright material between devices is inhibited. This is intended to prevent the creation of illegal copies of potentially copyright material.
The iTunes Application on your PC/Mac maintains an authorised copy your media - whether this material is loaded from a CD, or downloaded from the Apple iTunes Service - and media derived from this library can be transferred to your iThings.
You should note that an media purchased from Apple Music will be forever associated with the AppleID account from which they were purchased - and cannot be transferred to another AppleID.