History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / WebOriginal

** Some fan-made content featured on YouTube or any video service can be unfortunately erased from existence.

* If someone tried to access their deleted social media account, all it shows is a blank page and a message saying "User not found" or "Account is deleted" or something similar.

** Most of not all of Creator/BradJones' videos up to about 2013 are nigh-impossible to view because the original videos got deleted from [=YouTube=]. To make matters worse the older videos that were on Blip or Vid.Me can't be viewed. A small share of these have been uploaded on various [=YouTube=] channels (or by Brad's [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Russian fans on VK]]!). Of special mention is his ''Film/{{Grizzly}} II'' ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' review, taken down after said (incomplete) film's producer complained, but disgruntled fans made sure it survives on [=YouTube=].

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards hosted a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek helming ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, Asians and Jews on the podcast. Richards scrubbed the podcasts and apologized for the remarks, but fans quickly got a hold of them and started uploading them to Web Archive. Richards eventually stepped down from hosting ''Jeopardy!''.

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards hosted a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek as the host of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, and Jews on the podcast. All 41 episodes were subsequently pulled, and Richards apologized for the remarks. Fans quickly got a hold of the episodes and started uploading them to Web Archive.

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards hosted a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek as the host of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, and Jews on the podcast. All 41 episodes were subsequently pulled, and Richards apologized for the remarks.

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards had a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek as the host of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, and Jews on the podcast. All 41 episodes were subsequently pulled, and Richards apologized for the remarks.

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards had a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek as the host of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, and Jews on the podcast. All 41 episodes were subsequently pulled, and Richards apologized for the remakrs.

* A 2011 hack took down the forums for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and with it, several years' worth of forum posts about ''Series/{Jeopardy}'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/RescueMe'', ''Series/TilDeath'', and ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''. Most have not been preserved by the Wayback Machine, either.

* While executive producer of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Mike Richards had a podcast called ''The Randumb Show''. After Richards was chosen to succeed Creator/AlexTrebek as the host of ''Series/{Jeopardy}'', news articles reported that he made derogatory comments against women (particularly the models on ''Price''), Haitians, and Jews on the podcast. All 41 episodes were subsequently pulled, and Richards apologized for the remakrs.

* A 2011 hack took down the forums for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and with it, several years' worth of forum posts about ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/RescueMe'', ''Series/TilDeath'', and ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''. Most have not been preserved by the Wayback Machine, either.

* A 2011 hack took down the forms for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and with it, several years' worth of forum posts about ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/RescueMe'', ''Series/TilDeath'', and ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''. Most have not been preserved by the Wayback Machine, either.

** In 2012, a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' fan hacked the account of legendary WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}er Creator/{{mark3611}} and deleted all of his poops. Fortunately, angered fans have re-uploaded most of his poops. He came back in April 2014 with several new poops... only to have his account suspended near the end of 2015. Most of those have also been reuploaded, but "The third wave" (the origin of the "permanent seal" joke) is still MIA.

* The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20101230225112/http://mslugdb.com/en.php Metal Slug Database]], a ''huge'' archive of all things ''Franchise/MetalSlug'' (including a lot of fan stuff and rarities) that started in 2003, suddenly went off the air in 2011, replaced by a single blog page with a cryptic comment from the mantainer, until even that one disappeared.

** Certain videos only exist through fan uploads, including many ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' PSAs and special productions (though they're often included as extras in the show's DVDs). And 2020 saw two things that would rely on fan backups, [[https://boundingintocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020.08.10-10.47-boundingintocomics-5f31ce9c84d1c.png RT announcing an ongoing]] [[OrwellianRetcon erasure of old videos “we no longer feel comfortable hosting on our platforms”]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/comments/i67kc6/a_list_of_everything_taken_down_so_far_ongoing/ here's a list]]), and Ryan Haywood [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor being fired after the reveal of a history of sexual misconduct]], making many Creator/AchievementHunter videos [[UnPerson be edited to remove him]] (his role in a then-upcoming seasons of ''Red vs. Blue'' was also reddubed by another actor, though an early showing of the first episode ensured certain reaction videos have it still with Ryan's voice).

* After allegations were made that WebVideo/ProJared cheated on his wife with another [=YouTuber=], [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and engaged in other scandalous behavior that won't be elaborated on here]], some [=YouTubers=] have been either deleting or privating old videos that they have done with him. Jared himself privated an old Let's Play of ''Asagao Academy: Normal Boots Club'' he did with his then-wife; he also made his "You've Been Lied To" video, in which he broke his months-long silence to refute said allegations, private after he started uploading regularly again. The only way to watch these is through unofficial reuploads.

** ''WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy'' became inactive after 2014, and with the blip shutdown, a large number of his reviews are currently hard to find. Some survive on [=YouTube=]... but with Russian voiceovers pasted onto them, creating a language barrier that reduces acessibility.

* While a lot of Nash's old WTFIWWY videos, Doctor Who reviews, and some of his Here There Be Dragons fantasy movie reviews are on Youtube and Vimeo, his review of The Crow is still missing as of Vid.me's shut down.

* From Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses:
** A video by Creator/DougWalker were he dresses up as Osama Bin Laden.
*** "Go Cubs Go". A video in which Doug, Rob and Mike get depressed over the Chicago Cubs losing and try to commit suicide, ending with the gun shooting the camera.

** A video by WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede that ranted against [=YouTube's=] takedowns of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic episodes which caught the interest of Creator/DougWalker and in turn was responsible for Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses/Channel Awesome becoming a showcase for more contributors other than Walker is lost and gone forever. The reason? Suede said he'd delete the video when the dispute between Walker and [=YouTube=] had run its course and Suede had saved the video on a now long-gone college computer.
*** The first version of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion in 5 seconds''. Will deleted it from his channel because he thought it was way too long.
*** The first version of the first episode of Suede Played, which was shot in his parents' house, instead of his new one. It also was a normal LetsPlay, instead of the second version. It was accidentally uploaded to his [=YouTube=] account, and near instantly it was put on private. Thankfully someone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5m0oidUc_o mirrored it]].
** [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One's]] old film riffs. They were removed from his site in 2008 and he doesn't plan in releasing then again.
*** His Mashable Awards 2009 Acceptance Video. It was removed from his site and blip.tv hours after it was released due to people calling Scarlet names.
*** The first three sessions of [[WebVideo/SpoonysCampaign Spoony's Dungeons & Dragons Campaign]]. They were not recorded by Creator/LordKaT and we only have [[http://rollot.blogspot.com/2010/08/d-recap-sessions-1-3.html RolloT's recap]] of them.
** The first "WebVideo/{{Benzaie}} versus [[WebVideo/TheGameHeroes Handsome Tom]]" match, the VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Challenge, were the game glitched and Tom won. It was originally posted on [[UnPerson Daniel "That Aussie Guy" Rizzo's]] blip.tv account, which was taken down after he left the site in August of 2009. The only remains of the match are two black and white clips on Ben's [[https://archive.org/details/bliptv-20131031-030013-Benzaie-BenzaieVSHandsomeTomRevenge777 revenge video]].
*** WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}'s recorded livestreams on his original USTREAM account, which was closed due to Ben violating Terms of Service.

*** His Manga/ElfenLied: TheAbridgedSeries. The first 11 episodes were taken down from [=YouTube=] and Episode 12 was never released.

*** Also lost in the demise of vid.me were most of his one-off list videos, such as "Top 10 Most WTF Music Videos" and "Top 20 Worst #1 Songs". The latter has been mirrored.

** The second episode of [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Thanks for the Feedback!]] (also the first to be shot, supposed to be the last episode and the one who inspired the series), White Rapping, also known by its more popular names, Rape Rap and Rapping About Rape. It was taken down from the site and blip.tv, not because of its nature, because it was the original edit that Lindsay put up on the File Transfer Protocol, told admin not to release it and it ended up on the site due to miscommunication and misunderstanding.
*** The ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}, yo'' video, which was taken down due to Lindsay iRiff of the film with Noah being intended to replace the review.
*** While Creator/LindsayEllis has opened [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLdcgni1mCq1OxUE3HIL8QQ a channel for most of her classic videos]], a few of them are still to be uploaded or can only be found in unofficial sources.
** Every single Mobled Queen era film made by Creator/DarkMazeStudios.
** After Creator/LittleKuriboh's original [=YouTube=] account was taken down, there were various videos that he didn't reupload in his [=CardGamesFTW=] channel and are only available through mirrors, such as the video were he proposed to his first wife, the video were he dresses up as Kaiba and his four Comment Response Videos.
*** His Website/LiveJournal account was taken down, taking various posts that were both funny and informative.
** Creator/BradJones has a couple of things you'll never see including:
*** His first directorial effort [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308087/ Cancelled Sitcoms]] which was made in 2000 but went to being lost forever because this short film was shown on the iFilm website. It's also considered an OldShame by [[http://thecinemasnob.forumotion.com/t512-cancelled-sitcoms-what-is-this the man himself]].
*** Also, his ''Film/{{Grizzly}} II'' ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' review was taken down after said (incomplete) film's producer complained, but disgruntled fans made sure it survives on [=YouTube=].
*** In fact most, if not all of his videos up to about 2013 are nigh-impossible to view because the original videos got deleted from [=YouTube=]. To make matters worse the older videos that were on Blip or Vid.Me can't be viewed. A small share of these have been uploaded on various [=YouTube=] channels (or by Brad's Russian fans on VK!).
*** The original version of the ''Las Vegas Bloodbath'' review. When the review was originally released, the part where the Snob talks about the killer cutting the fetus out of the pregnant woman showed a shot of the killer grabbing the fetus out of her open stomach and raising it over his head, with the woman's stomach being censored by a blur effect. Apparently, this scene was too much for even Blip's standards, because sometime after the review's release, it was taken down and replaced with a new version that swaps out the actual de-fetusing with a shot from earlier in the scene of the killer cutting the woman's stomach. The current Screenwave upload and all unofficial mirrors of the review use the censored version.
*** In 2013, Brad and the rest of Team Snob began working on a film called ''[[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/shot-on-shitteo-vlogs Shot On Shitteo]]'', a film shot entirely on video in three anthology segments. Production was halted due to weather conditions in late 2013/early 2014, and then it was pushed again so Brad could finish other projects first. Then in 2015 Jake Norvell, the lead actor, was fired from the site making it effectively canceled. [[http://reallybradjones.tumblr.com/post/129722199744/what-happened-with-shot-on-shitteo Brad also stated that the available footage can't be released onto DVD because some of the other actors didn't sign a release form when it was in production]]. On the other hand, [[http://reallybradjones.tumblr.com/post/139410270819/do-you-think-there-can-be-anything-done-to-get Brad says that he will eventually edit it and leak it online]].
*** According to Brad, the first ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' episode, a review of ''Film/{{Thor}}'', disappeared due to a Blip glitch.
** ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'' has two, ''What Is It'' (as director Creator/CrispinGlover asked for a takedown) and ''The Girlfriend Experience'' (only existed on Blip with commentary as Kyle didn't like the backlash that accused him of slut shaming - amusingly, when Blip fell, the original version of ''The Girlfriend Experience'' was mirrored on various sites, while the commentary version has disappeared).
** ''WebVideo/DiamandaHagan'' has the review of ''Forgive Me For Raping You'', which was removed from Blip due to the title causing controversy. Nobody else seems to have uploaded the episode onto [=YouTube=] or other sites at the moment, so it remains to be seen whether or not this episode will once again see the light of day.
** ''WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy'' became inactive after 2014, and with the blip shutdown, a large number of his reviews are currently hard to find. While some of them do survive on [=YouTube=], a fair number of his video reviews are still MIA. Examples include,
*** 5/5 Star Trek Characters
*** An english version of Rollerball
*** Splice (2012) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** TFG: Stardust (2012) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** Wild Wild West (2012) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** First Impressions V-Log: Final Destination 5 (2011) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** First Impressions V-Log: Green Lantern (2011) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** Really, Internet? - Action Comics (2011) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** And Another Thing: Jocks vs. Geeks (2011)
*** Unboxing the Matrix: Setinel (2011) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** Really, Internet? - Taco Bell Meat (2011) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** Really, Internet? - Green Lantern (2010) ... That Sci-fi Guy
*** And Another Thing: Smallville (2010) ... That Sci-fi Guy
** Once ''Webvideo/PushingUpRoses'' got her Blip channel deleted, many of the videos seem to have disappeared, most notably her review of Music/TheMonkees movies.
** While Webvideo/YRulerOfTime's crossover review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' has [[https://thatguywiththeglasses.fandom.com/wiki/%22The_Last_Airbender%22_with_JesuOtaku,_ToddInTheShadows,_and_Rollo_T a full transcript]], the video itself is hard to find.

* The [=FirstMediaWorks=] versions of Bauer Media's Big City Network sites (Key 103, Hallam FM, Viking FM, TFM, Metro-Radio, Rock FM) and Global Radio/[=GCap=] Media/Orion Media's radio station sites (Heart/Trent FM/Red Dragon FM etc.), all of which are at http://SHORTENEDSITENAME.fimc.net (example URL). Only [=FirstMediaWorks=] has the copies, and they're hard to obtain.

* The WebAnimation/Lobowebseries has most of its content kept in video mirrors on [=YouTube=] and flash files since it was removed from the website showing it.

* The WebAnimation/Lobo webseries has most of its content kept in video mirrors on [=YouTube=] and flash files since it was removed from Newgrounds.

* The WebAnimation/Lobo web series has most of its content kept in video mirrors on [=YouTube=] and flash files since it was removed from Newgrounds.

* The WebAnimation/LoboWebseries has most of its content kept in [=YouTube=] videos and flash files.