Copying files from an iPod to OS X

[willmate]

cd /Volumes/ipodname/iPod_Control/Music
mkdir ~/tmp/music
tar cf - . | (cd /tmp/music; tar xf -)
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
cd ~/tmp
find . | while read line; do /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v "$line" ; done

And then (and only then) can you import the tunes into iTunes.