That's sad to read.
As to the iTunes question NO ONE CAN ANSWER YES OR NO. Why? Because you control the settings in iTunes to whether iTunes copies content into it's collection or just leaves it where it is.
No one but you controls these settings and if you don't learn the apps, you are going to suffer later.
Bob
Hi out There!
My downloaded music always seems to end up in documents. How do I change this, in vuze?
Is it safe to delete my music from downloads/documents, after I've imported it, into itunes?
Thanks so much!

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