What happens to my purchased music when I sign up for apple music? Will I lose any of it?

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What happens to my purchased music when I sign up for apple music? Will I lose any of it?

I have the trial version of apple music and I have a lot of music that I have accumulated over the many, many years in my itunes account. What will happen to my purchased music if I sign up for apple music. I read something that say's I may lose my rights to my purchased songs. Is this true?

iPhone 6, iOS 11.0.2

Posted on Oct 6, 2017 3:47 AM

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anonyme4321

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Oct 6, 2017 4:07 AM in response to cpor0706

It will remain alongside Apple Music Catalog.

From Access your music collection on all of your devices with Apple Music - Apple Support

What happens to the music you already had on your devices when you join Apple Music?

When you first join Apple Music, we identify the songs that are on your iOS device or computer and compare them to the Apple Music catalog.

Songs that you bought from the iTunes Store are automatically available in your Apple Music library as long as you use the same Apple ID with Apple Music that you used to buy the music.
If we have your version of a song in the Apple Music catalog, we make it instantly available to access on all of your devices for the duration of your membership.
If we can’t match certain songs in your collection to songs in the Apple Music catalog, use iTunes on a Mac or PC to upload a copy to iCloud Music Library. After the upload, you can access it on all of your devices.

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