Delete original music on MacBook, download from iCloud, they will be DRM'ed?

[patent10021]

I placed 3 albums from the desktop into iTunes then the cloud symbols disappeared signifying that they had been downloaded to the Mac + uploaded to iCloud since that's what those cloud icons are for. I have iCloud Music (not iTunes Match) turned on. On the right it says downloaded. Obviously because they were already on my desktop I didn't need to fetch them from iCloud.

But if I delete the files it should not longer say downloaded right? It should have a dotted cloud symbol after deleting? Then the next time I click download it will fetch from iCloud and download onto computer but this time they will be DRM'ed right?

EDIT: Yup. Deleted them from my MBP. Opened iTunes and they were still there because iTunes had uploaded them to iCloud. But technically I never fetched them from iCloud. The referring files were not those from the desktop but from the iTunes library because when you drag them into iTunes they get imported to iTunes Library folder. (if that option is on). So actually they are still taking up space on my HD. I can choose to delete from library via iTunes window then the cloud icon will come back.

But this is now DRM'ed right? No longer "my music" even though it came from my machine.

 

[Tech198]

Apple music is DRM'ed by default... What gave you the impression they weren't ?

If you open Finder, go to Music > iTunes > Apple music folder all files are .m4p... with a "lock" (select a track, hit the <spacebar> to preview in quicklook and you'll see this second image)

 

[Gav2k]

Apple Music downloads and uploaded music is not drm free.

iTunes Match is drm free.

 

[dsemf]

I have 3 types of iCloud Status entries.

• Apple Music -- When downloaded, stored in iTunes Media/Apple Music as m4p.
• Matched -- When downloaded, stored in iTunes Media/Music as m4a.
• Uploaded -- When downloaded, stored in iTunes Media/Music as its original iTunes type

DS

 

[AeroZ]

I think dsemf is right.