Should all tracks purchased from ITunes store remain available?

I have about 80 tracks purchased from the iTunes store. Suddenly about 8 of them are "not found" and have an exclamation mark beside them. I also cannot locate them on my HD and I know I haven't deleted any. It seems to be a random selection of tracks and not a sequence of 8 in a row. The error about "not found" pops up every time I sync. How can I locate these? I thought anything purchased from the Itunes Store was there all the time, older purchased tracks are still there so there is no rhyme or reason to this.

Your problem may appear to be the same and the solution to fix your problem might be different.
That said - the point is that if you post your own topic then the feed back to your topic is personalized and structured for you alone. It is also a matter of courtesy.
It also allows the topic generator to give points back to the posters if their suggestion was helpful or solved the problem. Those posts with the green star are solved. Those are the topics to read first if your problem appears to be the same. If it is solved by reading a solved topic then you don't even have to post.
The folks that are answering the questions in the Apple Discussions are just users like yourself.
MJ

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3842
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
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frank_o_s wrote:
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