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Why would Apple let users re-download all of their pirated music from iTunes at 256kbps?

Because when you re-download your music, iTunes embeds your name and email address in it. You won't be sharing that music on the web anymore.
 
Except its very easy to remove your name and email addresses from the files. A simple metadata editor can view and edit/delete these fields.
 
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