I had the same thing happen with a music album. The publisher retracted the album and then republished it. I lost access to the old version but did not gain acc

I had the same thing happen with a music album. The publisher retracted the album and then republished it. I lost access to the old version but did not gain access to the new version. Apple refused to help out. They said I should resort to my file backups. Luckily I kept those file backups so I can still play that album, but it can happen to any content purchased through itunes (or amazon, or ...). You're not buying it, you're renting in perpetuity.