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Q: retrieve music from itunes match

My Lacie 1TB hard drive has stopped working so I have had it replaced at the local Apple shop.  I have a MacBook Air 2011 64GB.  So all my media was stored on the hard drive.  I used a USB superdrive I had purchased to rip all my music from my CD collection and put in itunes.  I then purchased itunes match and sold all my CD's.  Could i delete my itunes library given i have no access to these tracks anymore and download my songs from itunes match onto the new Lacie hard drive?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 23, 2013 12:02 AM

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  • by badassz34,

    badassz34 badassz34 Jun 18, 2013 1:32 PM in response to pinkydan
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    Jun 18, 2013 1:32 PM in response to pinkydan

    "I used a USB superdrive I had purchased to rip all my music from my CD collection and put in itunes.  I then purchased itunes match and sold all my CD's."

     

    For the music you ripped from CD, once you've sold the disc you no longer have rights to posess a digital copy. Keeping a digital copy after selling your physical copy is called piracy. You cannot legitimize pirated works, even with iTunes match, but you can purchase the tracks from the iTunes store or any other digital music vendor, or re-purchase the discs to maintain your rights to the music.

     

    The other media, purchased from the iTunes store or other digital merchants, is still legitimate. Recovering your matched or uploaded tracks is as easy as downloading them in iTunes.