Can't download purchased songs from Icloud?

Ok, I'm confused. I signed up for Match and have my music in the cloud. I have a bunch of songs I purchased via Itunes that are still copy protected (which is confusing because I paid for Itunes Plus and thought that removed copy protection). Anyway, I'd like to remove the protection so I can sync to my Android phone. I 'thought' I could delete from Itunes library, redownload from the cloud and copy protection would be removed. That doesn't work for songs that have a status of 'purchased'. If I delete them from the Itunes library - they're gone. Obviously I'm not understanding something.
I went round and round with Apple Support and after 8 or 10 emails back and forth I just was not able to get anyone to help. They kept thinking I was missing music and wanted to redownload, no matter how many times I tried to explain that I just wanted to redownload non-copy protected songs.
Any advice anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Any content that is purchased through the same account as you have used to subscribe to iTunes Match is eligable for iTunes Match, are you sure these items you are having issues with aren't purchased from another account.

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Apologies Brandon, we have moved on somewhat from your original question.
What I have done is effectively used Michael's idea. I'll try to explain a little further.
You can run iTunes match on up to 5 computers, and you can edit the iCloud library on any of them. Michael's idea works on the basis that, whilst you can edit the iTunes library, you can't remove songs from other computers.
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I have a strange issue and couldn't really find any information about this on Google, so I thought I would try here. I'm kind of surprised this hasn't come up for other users yet (or maybe it has and I'm just missing it.)
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1. Remove all songs from my iCloud library
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3. Add to the library, artist by artist to match/correct.
I began to do this in my new library and it was working fine. However I then decided to completely clear the old library, so I went into my original library, deleted all songs and definitely selected the option to delete from iCloud. I am 100% positive I did this. However, none of the songs deleted. They are not available in my original library (I have checked the option to display songs not on this computer) and they don't show up in my other library, either. I have no option to download the songs from iTunes on any computer, though I retain access from my iPhone.
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I called Apple and spoke with a customer service representative regarding this issue. I was given the two things to try, and if they don't work, I was told I can call back in:
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Are you sure your computer is authorized for this? This is probably your issue.
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