Q: Some purchased iTunes movies not showing in Match
I've purchased some movies over the years through iTunes. When I activated iTunes Match only the digital copy files that came with my blu-ray movies are available in iTunes Match. Does anyone know why the movies I purchased from iTunes aren't working with Match?
Posted on Mar 22, 2012 8:12 PM
Apple did not add movies to iTunes Match. They added them to the iTunes in the Cloud services, which is not the same thing.
However, the reason some movies aren't showing up for re-download is because the rights holders aren't allowing it. Apple does not control the copyrights to the content they sell and they must negotiate the rights to let you re-download it. When they have reached agreements with the various rights holders most of your movies (but do not count on all) will then be available for for re-download through iTunes in the Cloud.
Posted on Mar 23, 2012 8:47 AM