Redownloaded purchased songs are missing some metadata

i bought resently some songs/albums in iTunes in Germany ...
i want have a save back up method for these puchased stuff ... so i tested the redownloading from purchased song over the account and the cloudsymbol both ...
always i end up with files that missing some parts of the metadata thats shown when you click "get info" in a song ...
sometimes the Copyright from the Label is missing ... than i redownloaded again and the copyrightinfo is there but no e-mail adress and purchase date ... some times all three is missing ...
is that a known problem? ... so icloud ist useless for back up because u cant get the original "flawless" purchased file back ...
have others these problems?

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TS1424 Parts of songs are missing on certain songs of the album. Can I redownload the album?

Hi,
I have bought an album and noticed that parts of songs are missing. It is like they only partially downloaded because the tracks stop at the same place every time. Can I redownload the album to fix the problem?
Thanks.

Yes, If you live in a Region that allows re-downloading Music...
Delete the Song(s) and re-download...
See Here > Download Past Purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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Apple Support iTunes Store Contact Us

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