I get duplicates from the iTunes store

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Same.

 

That happened every time I purchased a tune during the one year I subscribed to Apple Music.  Sometimes the cloud icon for the dup file would appear as the file was downloading, and sometimes it took days to show up.  Regardless, after I cancelled the sub the duplicates never appeared again.  Until last week...

 

It happened again.  It looks much like it did then.  The differences are on the File tab.  One has copyright info and the Purchased field has my name and Apple ID.  The other has no copyright info and only my name is listed in Purchased.  I download both, keep the one with my Apple ID and the copyright info, and delete the other.  (I chose wisely because the copyright files stuck around after the Music sub was cancelled.)

 

It happened with just one of the two songs I bought last week, but I expect it to happen for the second file, too.  That file doesn't have copyright info or my Apple ID.  

 

While I was subscribed to Music the dups would appear for purchased movies, too!  It's a feature not a bug!  FWIW, I continue to use iTunes and have not upgraded to Catalina.

 

-Alan