This sort of thing happens a lot. There's a TVtropes page for it and there's a not tiny list of affected works. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Keep

This sort of thing happens a lot. There's a TVtropes page for it and there's a not tiny list of affected works. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeepCirculatingTh... [EDIT] though those include works unavailable (in their original form, anyway) for reasons other than licensing disputes, like simple publisher neglect.