Apple Music replaced all my purchased songs with Apple Music versions?

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yeah but in that case why are only some of the purchased songs showing an icloud status as apple music why not all of them
 

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yeah but in that case why are only some of the purchased songs showing an icloud status as apple music why not all of them

Because not all of them are licensed for streaming.
You have to realize streaming and selling music are two entirely different ways of distributing music.

Apple may have the rights to sell specific songs whereas they have not the rights to stream those same songs.
 

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Sam, nobody tells you otherwise.. Regardless of the iCloud status, they will be your songs for all eternity..

Only and I literally mean only if the extension of the songs on your hard drive are *.m4p then you're songs aren't yours, otherwise, their yours.

All songs which are replaced by  Music, which is highly unusual and unlikely have the m4p extension.

Songs bought in iTunes have the m4a extension.

So to be clear, regardless of what the iCloud status says, those songs are yours.

The status "Apple Music" only means those songs are in Apple's catalogue as well.

Ask me if you have anymore questions, but make sure to read my post a few times before you do so. I couldn't have been more clear.
 

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Sam, it still is your music and that's the end of it. Even if the iCloud Status says something else it still is YOUR music. I'm not rude, I'm just out of options to make you clear those songs are still yours.

iCloud Status has only one purpose, letting people know if those songs are also in  Music catalogue. It's not an indication whether the song is yours or somebody else's or Apple's.
 

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@Samduffy to confirm have you checked the properties of a few of your track, thus confirming they are 'yours' and on your computer?
 

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well it shouldn't be doing what its doing so clearly its not and an apple engineer admitted that to me i discussed with them on the phone
 

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Thanks me too. On the grand scale of things it's very minor it's not effecting me listening to my music I own or stream more of an annoyances and just would like it to function the way it would
 

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