How do I get cloud songs as hard copy

I have just got a new PC and have set up i tunes and got all my songs fron the loud, but how do I get a "hard copy" on my PC incase something happens to the cloud?

kimylet wrote:
I have just got a new PC and have set up i tunes and got all my songs fron the loud, but how do I get a "hard copy" on my PC
You already have them from the cloud. they are on your PC.
incase something happens to the cloud?
Backing up is a good idea but you are thinking about it backwards. Items in the cloud are the backup.
Note that items in the cloud are not simply a copy of the file you purchased.
They are the original that millions of users have purchased. If it goes away, it goes away for everyone else, which is why there are multiple backups of these files in different places.
this is something that is transparent to you and is done by the data centers.

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