ITunes plus/drm/iPhone question

When I upgrade my iTunes music library to iTunes plus, is the music on my iPhone automatically updated to itunes plus (drm free) when I sync my iPhone to iTunes? Or do I have to manually replace the songs on my iphone with the new drm free songs?

iTunes knows if anything has changed - a comma, the artwork, the whole song file, whatever - and will update the iPod at the next automatic sync.

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  • Itunes plus question - don't know where to turn

    Hi,
    I'm really confused on Itunes Plus and what I did with it.
    I accepted the option and upgraded everything I had to the Itunes Plus.
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    I like keeping an empty purchased folder but I don't want to erase these upgrade purchases until I'm sure that they were upgraded on the areas where I already had them on my Ipod.
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    <Edited by Moderator>
    Message was edited by: tcmitssr
    Message was edited by: tcmitssr

    It is probably not a good idea to post your e-mail on a public forum.
    The purchased is just a list of purchased music. There is no reason to delete it from there or even look in there.
    All of the songs should be on your library with all of your other music. I don't know if they are in whatever playlists that you put them in. You can look and see.
    http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

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