History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / OtherMedia

* Television and radio commercials in general can sometimes be pretty hard to find once they stop airing, since there's no guarantee that anybody will think to record them and upload them online.
** Averted if the ad is available on iSpot or Adland, since most nationally run ads nowadays on American TV are usually posted on either site.

** The majority of the older series can be found online, but there are quite a few episodes that weren't uploaded. This can be noticed by scrolling through [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C3670ECDB80FC03&feature=viewall the playlist]].

** Matthew Barney's 1994-2002 film series ''The Cremaster Cycle'', loosely inspired by the creation of sexual characteristics in a human fetus [[note]] Or as [[WebVideo/FoldingIdeas Dan Olson]] famously explained in a negative review of the cycle, "it's about balls!" [[/note]] was originally intended to be played at galleries alongside specially defined sculptures, but as the series grew more and more famous he struck a deal with Palm Pictures to have it play in arthouse and repertory theaters. Aside from an extremely limited box set release of the six films aimed at the art market, and a single release of a 31-minute excerpt of the famous "The Order" scene from the third film (which was [[AnachronicOrder actually the last to be filmed and released]]), Barney has refused to let the film be released on mass market home video because he feels that it would make the film less special. That hasn't stopped bootlegged copies of varying quality from appearing all across the internet: a Website/BuzzFeed article once called it "the holy grail of film piracy".

* Chinese-animated ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' SpinOff ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' had twelve of its thirteen episodes available on [=DisneyNow=] at the beginning of December 2018, but they were later taken down by June the following year. A couple [=YouTube=] channels, one of them dedicated to the show, uploaded Southeast Asian Creator/DisneyChannel recordings of all thirteen episodes to the site, but all except the tenth and twelfth episodes ("Dream On" and "Brothers") were later globally blocked. However, a Vimeo channel dedicated to Chinese movies and shows uploaded all the episodes on that site, and those are still extant as of August 2022. They are a little harder to find, though, since the uploads on there use the Chinese titles instead, despite said uploads being the English-language versions. Additionally, users in certain countries can't watch them without a Vimeo account because the uploader never gave them content ratings.

!!Manhua

* Full episodes of news programs in general are extremely hard to find after they stop airing for a few weeks, since the news focuses on promoting stories that are surprise surprise "new" and ignores stuff ''now''.

* Full episodes of news programs in general are extremely hard to find after they stop airing, since the news focuses on promoting stories that are surprise surprise "new".

** Most of the ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' live shows have seen home video releases, with the exception of ''Barney Live In Concert! Birthday Bash''.

* Eugene O'Neill requested to his wife that any of his unfinished works be destroyed before his death in 1953. Only one of them survived (in draft form anyways).

* Sometimes they're lost not because of plastering, but simply due to the fact that [[MissingEpisode no recordings or snapshots of it were made when the logos were shown]]. Take for example, the [=PolyGram=] Television logo from 1981: due to the division's obscurity during it's original run, the logo's existence couldn't be confirmed until it was discovered ''decades'' after the fact, on a film that had fallen into the public domain. In home video cases, it might simply be due to no copies of that release being found as of yet. The Audiovisual Identity Database's aforementioned "Availability" section also acknowledges this status; with such logos being listed as "Unknown."

* Sometimes they're lost not because of plastering, but simply due to the fact that [[MissingEpisode no recordings or snapshots of it were made when the logos were shown]]. Take for example, the [=PolyGram=] Television logo from 1981: due to the division's obscure operations during it's original run, the logo's existence was unknown until it was discovered ''decades'' after the fact, on a film that had fallen into the public domain. In home video cases, it might simply be due to no copies of that release being found as of yet. The Audiovisual Identity Database's aforementioned "Availability" section also acknowledges this status; with such logos being listed as "Unknown."

* Sometimes they're lost not because of plastering, but simply due to the fact that [[MissingEpisode no recordings of it were made when the logos were shown]]. Take example, the [=PolyGram=] Television logo from 1981. In home video cases, it might simply be due to no copies of that release being found as of yet. The Audiovisual Identity Database aforemtentioned "Availability" section also acknowledges this with the such logos being listed as "Unknown."

* Sometimes they're lost not because of plastering, but simply due to the fact that no recordings of it were made when the logos were shown. Take example, the [=PolyGram=] Television logo from 1981. In home video cases, it might simply be due to no copies of that release being found as of yet.

* The original ''Ghost-Smashers'' script (which would later go on to become ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' we all know today) Dan Aykroyd wrote, which is completely different than the ''Ghostbusters'' we all know, is lost to time. Good luck finding it. All we got is a ''Ghostbusters'' final shooting script.

** The Audiovisual Identity Database [[note]]formerly known as the Closing Logos Group Wiki[[/note]] a wiki site for vanity plates, acknowledges logo preservation/circulation through an "Availability" section for logo descriptions, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Logos are given documentation on the films/television shows/etc. they appear on (and if they appear on later releases/prints of those properties), which are then used to rank logos on a scale of said availability; ranging from "very common" (logos that are widely used by the distributor, especially for plastering purposes) to "extinct/near extinction" (logos that can be found on ancient prints/releases, but have otherwise been replaced by other logos and/or are impossible to find).

** The Audiovisual Identity Database [[note]]formerly known as the Closing Logos Group Wiki[[/note]] for vanity plates, acknowledges logo preservation/circulation through an "Availability" section for logo descriptions, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Logos are given documentation on the films/television shows/etc. they appear on (and if they appear on later releases/prints of those properties), which are then used to rank logos on a scale of said availability; ranging from "very common" (logos that are widely used by the distributor, especially for plastering purposes) to "extinct/near extinction" (logos that can be found on ancient prints/releases, but have otherwise been replaced by other logos and/or are impossible to find).

** The Closing Logos Wiki, a wiki site for vanity plates, acknowledges logo preservation/circulation through an "Availability" section for logo descriptions, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Logos are given documentation on the films/television shows/etc. they appear on (and if they appear on later releases/prints of those properties), which are then used to rank logos on a scale of said availability; ranging from "very common" (logos that are widely used by the distributor, especially for plastering purposes) to "extinct/near extinction" (logos that can be found on ancient prints/releases, but have otherwise been replaced by other logos and/or are impossible to find).

# A few copies of the book was printed with regular ink; these copies were sent to the Library of Congress as well as selected public libraries and museums, and are publicly accessible.

* From the late '40s through the mid '50s, Capitol released a series of children's records with original ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' stories, featuring Creator/MelBlanc and Arthur Q. Bryan themselves voicing the characters (mind you, this was before Creator/WarnerBros had [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords a record label]]). All of them went of print when Capitol's rights to the franchise ended, and they've never seen any reissue. While they're not too difficult to track down on [=eBay=], getting a good, clean copy will cost you a pretty penny. It doesn't help that the rights to them all are split up between Universal Music (the recordings, and present owner of Capitol) and Warner Bros. (the characters themselves).

* Trading show videos (also known as "footwear") is common among Broadway fans since so few shows have ever seen an official VHS/DVD release. Reasons for trading including collecting everything a certain performer has been in and checking out and comparing revival, regional, touring, and/or international productions of shows.
* ''Theatre/PokemonLive'''s soundtrack CD had a ''very'' limited release and is impossible to find anywhere to buy. The show itself was supposed to get a home video release, but it never materialized.

** ''Film/TheWizardOfOz On Ice'' was released to VHS after airing on CBS.

** ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol Live! Race To The Rescue'' was released to Creator/ParamountPlus.

!!Instructional Media
* ''Hikuta: The Art of Controlled Violence'', based on the book of the same name by Dok Lee (real name Lee Crull). In this video, Dok (which according to Crull stands for "Defender of Kings") Lee demonstrates the techniques of Hikuta, an allegedly ancient martial art dating back to the bodyguards of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Initially, it was available by mail order on VHS during the early 1990s if you knew where to look for it (mostly from ads in magazines such as ''Black Belt'' and ''Soldier of Fortune''). Now, it is not known who owns the rights to the video since Dok Lee's death in 2000 and given the low budget, non professional quality nature of such productions (a regular instance in the martial arts community), it's not even certain if workable quality masters of the tape still exist.
* Pretty much 99.99% of all Instructional videos of the 80s-2000s have never been re released, or are lost. Websites like ''While Website/EverythingIsTerrible'' and found footage festival have persevered a-lot of them, there are many still lost.

* Eugene O'Neill requested to his wife that any of his unfinished works be destroyed before his death in 1953. Only one of them survived (in draft form anyways).
* The original ''Ghost-Smashers'' script (which would later go on to become ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' we all know today) Dan Aykroyd wrote, which is completely different than the ''Ghostbusters'' we all know, is lost to time. Good luck finding it. All we got is a ''Ghostbusters'' final shooting script.

** For non-Chinese people, Seasons 10-13 had their [=YouTube=] uploads region-blocked, after just the seasons were premiered in Malaysia. Whether if season 13 also premiered there will remain a mystery, but official releases of season 13 episodes are, however, still searchable and watchable on the website.

* Chinese-animated ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' SpinOff ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' had twelve of its thirteen episodes available on [=DisneyNow=] at the beginning of December 2018, but they were later taken down by June the following year. A couple [=YouTube=] channels, one of them dedicated to the show, uploaded Southeast Asian Creator/DisneyChannel recordings of all thirteen episodes to the site, but all except the tenth and twelfth episodes ("Dream On" and "Brothers") were later globally blocked. However, a Vimeo channel dedicated to Chinese movies and shows uploaded all the episodes on that site, and those are still extant as of August 2022, though they are a little harder to find since the uploads on there use the Chinese titles instead, despite said uploads being the English-language versions. Additionally, users in certain countries can't watch them without a Vimeo account because the uploader never gave them content ratings.

* Chinese-animated ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' SpinOff ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' had twelve of its thirteen episodes available on [=DisneyNow=] at the beginning of December 2018, but they were later taken down by June the following year. A couple [=YouTube=] channels, one of them dedicated to the show, uploaded Southeast Asian Creator/DisneyChannel recording of all thirteen episodes to the site, but all except the tenth and twelfth episodes ("Dream On" and "Brothers") were later globally blocked. However, a Vimeo channel dedicated to Chinese movies and shows uploaded all the episodes on that site, and those are still extant as of August 2022, though they are a little harder to find since the uploads on there use the Chinese titles instead, despite said uploads being the English-language versions. Additionally, users in certain countries can't watch them without a Vimeo account because the uploader never gave them content ratings.