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Re:Apple Stole My Music by IBM on Thursday May 05, 2016 @11:19AM (#11636860)
Apple Music doesn't delete the original files.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204962

>When Apple Music adds these matched songs to your iCloud Music Library, Apple Music doesn’t change or alter your original music files that reside in iTunes for Mac or PC or on your iOS devices from which they were added.

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Re:Apple Stole My Music by minusSeven on Thursday May 05, 2016 @12:10PM (#11637313)
But then that is clearly wrong as per the article posted. There OP claims his songs are replaced with inferior version online.
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Re:Apple Stole My Music by __david__ on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:51PM (#11638790)
That sentence is from the iTunes Music Match section, not the Apple Music section. They are different.
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Re:Apple Stole My Music by turbohedgehog on Thursday May 05, 2016 @03:40PM (#11639112)
>When iTunes Match adds these songs to your iCloud Music Library, iTunes Match doesn’t change or alter your original music files that reside on iTunes for Mac or PC or on your iOS devices from which they were added.

>When Apple Music adds these matched songs to your iCloud Music Library, Apple Music doesn’t change or alter your original music files that reside in iTunes for Mac or PC or on your iOS devices from which they were added.

What's the difference?

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