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* VideoGames and similarly complex media have the issue of format compatibility -- how are you supposed to play a game on something other than the system for which it was designed? It gets worse regarding UsefulNotes/ImportGaming, as one country's consoles may not be compatible with another country's games, and if there's NoExportForYou, you're out of luck. This led to the concept of {{Abandonware}} and the creation of UsefulNotes/{{emulation}}, which allowed you to pirate the game if you couldn't get it any other way. Thankfully, with services like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, this situation is ''slowly'' improving.
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* VideoGames and similarly complex media have the issue of format compatibility -- how are you supposed to play a game on something other than the system for which it was designed? Porting it to another system may be much more difficult and expensive than simply moving a movie to a new format, and thus it may need significantly more demand to be worth the effort. It gets worse regarding UsefulNotes/ImportGaming, as one country's consoles may not be compatible with another country's games, and if there's NoExportForYou, you're out of luck. This led to the concept of {{Abandonware}} and the creation of UsefulNotes/{{emulation}}, which allowed you to pirate the game if you couldn't get it any other way. Thankfully, with services like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, this situation is ''slowly'' improving.
''somewhat'' improving, but you're still likely in trouble if you're looking for a more niche game.
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And please accept our apologies if you [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant thought]] this trope was about [[Literature/TheRing a certain creepy woman in a well]].
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'''Important notice:''' It is against TV Tropes rules to provide links or directions to pirated material. Please do not don't tell readers ''where'' these works can be illegally obtain any work.obtained. When writing examples, just say that it can be found online and leave it at that. (Think of it this way: if the link becomes too popular, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers they'll take it down]].)
And please accept our apologies if you [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant thought]] this trope was about [[Literature/TheRing a certain creepy woman in a well]].)
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* In the old [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS days]] of television, this kind of thing was ''very'' much not cost-effective. VHS tapes were expensive, and you could generally only fit two episodes of a series on a single tape (you could in theory go up to five or six, but there was no way to skip to a given episode without the fast-forward button and patience). And VHS was also a pretty fragile format; imagine a $300 investment wiped out by a single hungry fridge magnet. VHS also degrades over time, meaning that if you didn't transfer the footage to another tape (or to digital format when that became an option), after 25 years it can be lost forever.
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* In the old [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS days]] of television, this kind of thing was ''very'' much not cost-effective. VHS tapes were expensive, and you could generally only fit two episodes of a series on a single tape (you could in theory go up to five or six, but there was no way to skip to a given episode without the fast-forward button and patience). And VHS was also a pretty fragile format; imagine a $300 investment wiped out by a single hungry fridge magnet. VHS also degrades over time, time without the ideal storage condition(which is a dry and arid but cold vault, which means leasing such vault from a storage company, typically for thousands of dollars a month, as said vaults are usually leased by huge enterprises to store company backups, which are also made to tape even to this day), meaning that if you didn't transfer the footage to another tape (or to digital format when that became an option), after 25 years it can be lost forever.
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See also NoExportForYou, MissingEpisode, TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment, and ScrewedByTheNetwork, all dealing with situations where they easily ''could'' make the work available but don't. This trope is a way of dealing with the situation. See also [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment also]] Wiki/ArchiveTeam, the Website/WaybackMachine, and [[Website/{{Reddit}} the DataHoarder subreddit]], which make an effort to preserve Web pages in this manner (with varying results).
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See also NoExportForYou, MissingEpisode, TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment, and ScrewedByTheNetwork, and DenialOfDigitalDistribution, all dealing with situations where they easily ''could'' make the work available but don't. This trope is a way of dealing with the situation. See also [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment also]] Wiki/ArchiveTeam, the Website/WaybackMachine, and [[Website/{{Reddit}} the DataHoarder subreddit]], which make an effort to preserve Web pages in this manner (with varying results).
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There once was a show. [[YouKnowThatShow You know, that show]]. It was a really good show. Or maybe it was [[SoBadItsGood something something]] [[CultClassic else]]. Still, you'd love to relive the memories, and share it with your friends.
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''[[WebVideo/TVHeaven DVD-R Hell]]''.
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Watch and record reruns? Of course you would...if it were on.
Buy the DVD? You'd already have it on pre-order...if it existed.
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Or maybe it is actually available, [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion just not in the original version]]?
What's a fan to do? It isn't that you're setting out to break copyright law...you'd be more than happy to pay to acquire it legally! At the same time, though, you realize that the market is too niche for a super-deluxe bells-and-whistles compilation DVD to be justifiably profitable... no matter how many online petitions your forum sends.
Keep Circulating The Tapes (a phrase attributed to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'') is an option of last resort. It's when a show you like is denied to you, except through methods of questionable legality — shady file-sharing sites, tape trading/buying... it's either that, or the show's likely to be lost outside of fan recordings and film company archives. It's also the rule rather than the exception for video games and other non-simple media, to the point where the {{Abandonware}} concept and UsefulNotes/{{emulation}} were created to bring common sense into the situation (the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, [=GameTap=], UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG.com]], and to a smaller extent UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade are finally starting to remedy this situation with games, but it's still a long way to go).
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and [[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
...this requires some explanation.
The tape circulators could've probably hazarded a guess, but ''absolutely '''nobody''''' else saw the TV-on-DVD boom coming. TV on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] had been tried, sure, but it wasn't even barely successful for even music-compilation heavyweights like Time-Life and Columbia House for several reasons:
# The cost of the tapes.
# The outrageous amounts of shelf space needed for even '''one''' season of a series; a 22-episode season of an hour-long series needed 11 VHS tapes to fit on, though 2-per-tape was the standard even for 22-minute-without-commercials shows (for which 5 episodes could fit on a two-hour tape), which even carried over into some DVD releases. This despite the fact that a VHS tape is capable of holding as much as 8 hours of footage on it.
# The fragile nature of the format, allowing for a $300 investment to be ruined by a hungry VCR or a fridge magnet.
# Up to the early 2000s, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] did all they could to keep the public from buying a television series, basically so channels would continue to see reruns as valuable and pull in UsefulNotes/{{ratings}}. As a result, only Creator/{{PBS}} documentaries were offered.
(It might be noted that this describes the US much more so than the UK, perhaps due in part to BritishBrevity meaning that a single series doesn't take up as much shelf space, and perhaps due to the lesser spread of cable TV. Nevertheless, other reasons have brought this trope into force for many shows.)
Even after the first wave started (thank HBO, specifically ''Series/TheSopranos'', for popularizing [[{{Pun}} this wonderful thing of ours]]), they didn't sell nearly as well as they do now because of their frankly ''outrageous'' prices compared to today's. Additionally, copyright law is [[CalvinBall low, spooky voodoo]], and licensing something like a song for your show, licensing it for reruns, and licensing it for home video are not the same thing. And nobody wanted to pay more money for something that they would, in all likelihood, never use ([[ItWillNeverCatchOn "Television shows? On home video?]] ''[[ItWillNeverCatchOn By the season?]]'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Nonsense."]]). So here we are.
These situations are usually caused by licensing issues (Performance Licensing and Reproduction Licensing). In a nutshell, performance licensing is much easier to obtain (the licensing agencies get 3% of the DVD's revenue, in exchange for letting the distributors use a performance). Reproduction licensing is much more difficult to obtain, and can often involve long drawn-out negotiations with rights holders (sometimes many at once, and much worse if it was an older work that used many unlicensed tracks or clips). There are ways to get around these snags - cover versions of songs are considerably easier to get clearance for, and offending clips can sometimes be removed without impacting the narrative. Of course, if the show ''has'' no song rights issues, and the copyright holder's threatening legal action over your online copies of a show they haven't allowed you to buy legally... resume violent rage.
It gets worse: VHS tapes start degrading within 10-25 years. If a show stuck in limbo only circulates on homemade VHS copies and does not get transferred on another storage medium or uploaded online in time, it could very well become lost outside of restricted-access film archives.
Sometimes, when all is lost and it's impossible to have access to that particular work legally, [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay piracy]] is the [[NecessarilyEvil only option left]] when there is no outlet to purchase or view the work legally - this is particularly prevalent in second and third world countries, especially if the networks in the country are profit driven and [[ExecutiveMeddling the advertisers have final say in what programs they will show]] instead of the public, and a lot of streaming services are [[NoExportForYou not available]] or [[BadExportForYou offer a smaller range of shows]] because they simply do not see doing more for the country as profitable. At the most extreme cases, a work may [[BannedInChina even be banned]] over something trivial. However, even that is limited because the pirates may not even have access to the work ''in the first place'', and even so opens up risks of legal action from the original producers and/or viruses/malware embedded inside the program.
Compare NoExportForYou and MissingEpisode. May also happen as the net result of ScrewedByTheNetwork, especially while new episodes of said show are airing elsewhere. Whatever the reason, if the show has a small but sizable fanbase, these fans turn to the Internet when any of these occurs, and if there's no official DVD release... well, their cries for help are heard by sympathizers and this Trope results. See also TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment and the Wiki/LostMediaWiki.
See ''also'' Wiki/ArchiveTeam and the Website/WaybackMachine if the figurative lost tape you're looking for just so happens to be a website or some other form of internet content. You can also try out some [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddits]] here and there, especially the ones whose especial focus is to archive things, like [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder DataHoarder]], but we don't guarantee that'll work.
'''IMPORTANT NOTICE:''' When posting a show, if you know where the show can be illegally obtained, don't post it. Just say that copies exist out there on the Internet, and leave it at that. (Think of it this way: [[ScrewedByTheLawyers if the link becomes too popular, it might get taken down. You also wouldn't want TV Tropes Wiki to get sued for blatantly promoting piracy, would you?]])
What's a fan to do? It isn't that you're setting out to break copyright law...you'd be more than happy to pay to acquire it legally! At the same time, though, you realize that the market is too niche for a super-deluxe bells-and-whistles compilation DVD to be justifiably profitable... no matter how many online petitions your forum sends.
Keep Circulating The Tapes (a phrase attributed to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'') is an option of last resort. It's when a show you like is denied to you, except through methods of questionable legality — shady file-sharing sites, tape trading/buying... it's either that, or the show's likely to be lost outside of fan recordings and film company archives. It's also the rule rather than the exception for video games and other non-simple media, to the point where the {{Abandonware}} concept and UsefulNotes/{{emulation}} were created to bring common sense into the situation (the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, [=GameTap=], UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG.com]], and to a smaller extent UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade are finally starting to remedy this situation with games, but it's still a long way to go).
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and [[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
...this requires some explanation.
The tape circulators could've probably hazarded a guess, but ''absolutely '''nobody''''' else saw the TV-on-DVD boom coming. TV on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] had been tried, sure, but it wasn't even barely successful for even music-compilation heavyweights like Time-Life and Columbia House for several reasons:
# The cost of the tapes.
# The outrageous amounts of shelf space needed for even '''one''' season of a series; a 22-episode season of an hour-long series needed 11 VHS tapes to fit on, though 2-per-tape was the standard even for 22-minute-without-commercials shows (for which 5 episodes could fit on a two-hour tape), which even carried over into some DVD releases. This despite the fact that a VHS tape is capable of holding as much as 8 hours of footage on it.
# The fragile nature of the format, allowing for a $300 investment to be ruined by a hungry VCR or a fridge magnet.
# Up to the early 2000s, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] did all they could to keep the public from buying a television series, basically so channels would continue to see reruns as valuable and pull in UsefulNotes/{{ratings}}. As a result, only Creator/{{PBS}} documentaries were offered.
(It might be noted that this describes the US much more so than the UK, perhaps due in part to BritishBrevity meaning that a single series doesn't take up as much shelf space, and perhaps due to the lesser spread of cable TV. Nevertheless, other reasons have brought this trope into force for many shows.)
Even after the first wave started (thank HBO, specifically ''Series/TheSopranos'', for popularizing [[{{Pun}} this wonderful thing of ours]]), they didn't sell nearly as well as they do now because of their frankly ''outrageous'' prices compared to today's. Additionally, copyright law is [[CalvinBall low, spooky voodoo]], and licensing something like a song for your show, licensing it for reruns, and licensing it for home video are not the same thing. And nobody wanted to pay more money for something that they would, in all likelihood, never use ([[ItWillNeverCatchOn "Television shows? On home video?]] ''[[ItWillNeverCatchOn By the season?]]'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Nonsense."]]). So here we are.
These situations are usually caused by licensing issues (Performance Licensing and Reproduction Licensing). In a nutshell, performance licensing is much easier to obtain (the licensing agencies get 3% of the DVD's revenue, in exchange for letting the distributors use a performance). Reproduction licensing is much more difficult to obtain, and can often involve long drawn-out negotiations with rights holders (sometimes many at once, and much worse if it was an older work that used many unlicensed tracks or clips). There are ways to get around these snags - cover versions of songs are considerably easier to get clearance for, and offending clips can sometimes be removed without impacting the narrative. Of course, if the show ''has'' no song rights issues, and the copyright holder's threatening legal action over your online copies of a show they haven't allowed you to buy legally... resume violent rage.
It gets worse: VHS tapes start degrading within 10-25 years. If a show stuck in limbo only circulates on homemade VHS copies and does not get transferred on another storage medium or uploaded online in time, it could very well become lost outside of restricted-access film archives.
Sometimes, when all is lost and it's impossible to have access to that particular work legally, [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay piracy]] is the [[NecessarilyEvil only option left]] when there is no outlet to purchase or view the work legally - this is particularly prevalent in second and third world countries, especially if the networks in the country are profit driven and [[ExecutiveMeddling the advertisers have final say in what programs they will show]] instead of the public, and a lot of streaming services are [[NoExportForYou not available]] or [[BadExportForYou offer a smaller range of shows]] because they simply do not see doing more for the country as profitable. At the most extreme cases, a work may [[BannedInChina even be banned]] over something trivial. However, even that is limited because the pirates may not even have access to the work ''in the first place'', and even so opens up risks of legal action from the original producers and/or viruses/malware embedded inside the program.
Compare NoExportForYou and MissingEpisode. May also happen as the net result of ScrewedByTheNetwork, especially while new episodes of said show are airing elsewhere. Whatever the reason, if the show has a small but sizable fanbase, these fans turn to the Internet when any of these occurs, and if there's no official DVD release... well, their cries for help are heard by sympathizers and this Trope results. See also TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment and the Wiki/LostMediaWiki.
See ''also'' Wiki/ArchiveTeam and the Website/WaybackMachine if the figurative lost tape you're looking for just so happens to be a website or some other form of internet content. You can also try out some [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddits]] here and there, especially the ones whose especial focus is to archive things, like [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder DataHoarder]], but we don't guarantee that'll work.
'''IMPORTANT NOTICE:''' When posting a show, if you know where the show can be illegally obtained, don't post it. Just say that copies exist out there on the Internet, and leave it at that. (Think of it this way: [[ScrewedByTheLawyers if the link becomes too popular, it might get taken down. You also wouldn't want TV Tropes Wiki to get sued for blatantly promoting piracy, would you?]])
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What'sversion]].
So what's a fan to do?It isn't that you're setting out You're not ''trying'' to break copyright law...law -- you'd be more than happy to pay to acquire it legally! At the same time, though, But since you realize that the market is too niche for a super-deluxe bells-and-whistles compilation DVD can't, you have to be justifiably profitable... no matter how many online petitions go to your forum sends.
Keep Circulating The Tapes (a phrase attributed to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'') is anlast resort option -- get it [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay illegally]] (or at least in a legal grey area somewhere).
Once the steam stops escaping from your ears, your first question is probably why the distributor wouldn't even bother selling copies oflast resort. It's a work when a show you there are so many people like is denied you (at least according to you, except through methods your fan forum) who would be willing to buy one. There are a lot of questionable legality — shady file-sharing sites, reasons this happens, and not very many will make you feel better.
On television, you had to deal with all the following things:
* In the old [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS days]] of television, this kind of thing was ''very'' much not cost-effective. VHS tapes were expensive, and you could generally only fit two episodes of a series on a single tapetrading/buying... it's either that, (you could in theory go up to five or six, but there was no way to skip to a given episode without the fast-forward button and patience). And VHS was also a pretty fragile format; imagine a $300 investment wiped out by a single hungry fridge magnet. VHS also degrades over time, meaning that if you didn't transfer the footage to another tape (or to digital format when that became an option), after 25 years it can be lost forever.
* Even if it existed, it was unwieldy. It was worse in the U.S. than elsewhere -- the British, with their famous BritishBrevity, could fit an entire series on three or four tapes, but the typical American 22-episode season would need eleven tapes, just for one season, and that took up shelf space ''really'' quickly. Furthermore, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] were very reluctant to do this when they could force the public to watch reruns on TV and boost their UsefulNotes/{{ratings}} -- this is a big reason why the majority of VHS-era series on home video were from Creator/{{PBS}}.
* There were music rights to consider. This is a form of insane UsefulNotes/{{copyright}} voodoo, but broadly speaking, licensing a song for a show'slikely to be lost outside of fan recordings original airing, for reruns, and film company archives. It's also for home video were not the rule same thing -- and it was usually much more expensive to license it for home video, because it's a "reproduction right" rather than a "performance right". This was mostly because [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody even considered the exception for home video games phenomenon back then]], and other non-simple media, to the point rightsholders were able to extract a lot of money out of the distributors for something that was likely not to be a thing anyway. There are ways around this -- using {{Cover Version}}s or deleting music entirely (if it doesn't impact the plot) are always options. There's also the issue of the rightsholder threatening a copyright lawsuit where the song ''has'' no rights issues, which will still cause problems like this. Royalties can also be very difficult to untangle with things like a CompilationMovie or ImportationExpansion, where there's more than one rightsholder to wrangle.
* Especially as regards imports, censorship standards can be a problem. If a work is BannedInChina, your only option if you're ''in'' "China" is to circulate the tapes. This kind of thing is especially risky, though, because the pirates who might circulate the proverbial tapes for you might not have access to the work themselves -- the only versions you could get are shady downloads with malware in them.
* The work may be an OldShame and the creator may not ''want'' anybody to have access to it because they'd rather you forget it, as was famously the case with ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.
* VideoGames and similarly complex media have the issue of format compatibility -- how are you supposed to play a game on something other than the system for which it was designed? It gets worse regarding UsefulNotes/ImportGaming, as one country's consoles may not be compatible with another country's games, and if there's NoExportForYou, you're out of luck. This led to the concept of {{Abandonware}}concept and UsefulNotes/{{emulation}} were created to bring common sense into the situation (the creation of UsefulNotes/{{emulation}}, which allowed you to pirate the game if you couldn't get it any other way. Thankfully, with services like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, [=GameTap=], UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG.com]], and to a smaller extent UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade are finally starting to remedy UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, this situation with games, but it's still a long way to go).
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're askingis probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on ''slowly'' improving.
On TV,but the disc only had three episodes and [[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
...this requires some explanation.
The tape circulators could've probably hazarded a guess, but ''absolutely '''nobody''''' else saw the TV-on-DVD boom coming. TV on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] had been tried, sure, but it wasn't even barely successful for even music-compilation heavyweights like Time-Life and Columbia House for several reasons:
# The cost of the tapes.
# The outrageous amounts of shelf space needed for even '''one''' season of a series; a 22-episode season of an hour-long series needed 11 VHS tapes to fit on, though 2-per-tape was the standard even for 22-minute-without-commercials shows (for which 5 episodes could fit on a two-hour tape), which even carried over into some DVD releases. This despite the fact that a VHS tape is capable of holding as much as 8 hours of footage on it.
# The fragile nature of the format, allowing for a $300 investment to be ruined by a hungry VCR or a fridge magnet.
# Up to the early 2000s, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] did all they could to keep the public from buying a television series, basically so channels would continue to see reruns as valuable and pull in UsefulNotes/{{ratings}}. As a result, only Creator/{{PBS}} documentaries were offered.
(It might be noted that this describes the US much more so than the UK, perhaps due in part to BritishBrevity meaning that a single series doesn't take up as much shelf space, and perhaps due to the lesser spread of cable TV. Nevertheless, other reasons have brought this trope into force for many shows.)
Even afterthe first wave started (thank HBO, specifically to popularize the concept of home video was Creator/{{HBO}} with ''Series/TheSopranos'', for popularizing [[{{Pun}} this wonderful and nowadays, with the ease of putting a show on DVD or a streaming service and easily replicating and distributing it, the fragility and expense problems of VHS are a thing of ours]]), the past -- but for older shows, they didn't sell nearly as well as they do now because of their frankly ''outrageous'' prices compared have to today's. Additionally, copyright law is [[CalvinBall low, spooky voodoo]], and licensing something like a song for your show, licensing it for reruns, and licensing it for home video are not the same thing. And nobody wanted be converted to pay more money for something that they would, in all likelihood, never use ([[ItWillNeverCatchOn "Television shows? On home video?]] ''[[ItWillNeverCatchOn By the season?]]'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Nonsense."]]). So here we are.
These situations are usually caused by licensingdigital first. You still have issues (Performance Licensing with rightsholders, censorship, and Reproduction Licensing). In a nutshell, performance licensing is much easier to obtain (the licensing agencies get 3% of the DVD's revenue, in exchange for letting the distributors use a performance). Reproduction licensing is much more difficult wanting to obtain, and can often involve long drawn-out negotiations with rights holders (sometimes many at once, and much worse if it was an older work that used many unlicensed tracks or clips). There are ways to get around these snags - cover versions of songs are considerably easier to get clearance for, and offending clips can sometimes be removed without impacting the narrative. Of course, if the show ''has'' no song rights issues, and the copyright holder's threatening legal action over your online copies of a show they haven't allowed you to buy legally... resume violent rage.
It gets worse: VHS tapes start degrading within 10-25 years. If a show stuck in limbo only circulates on homemade VHS copies and does not get transferred on another storage medium or uploaded online in time, it could very well become lost outside of restricted-access film archives.
Sometimes, when all is lost andprotect their TV channels -- it's impossible to have access to that particular work legally, [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay piracy]] is the [[NecessarilyEvil only option left]] when there is no outlet to purchase or view the work legally - this is particularly prevalent in second and third world countries, especially if a problem in certain countries where the networks in the country are profit driven and so profit-driven that [[ExecutiveMeddling the advertisers have final say in what decide which programs they will show]] instead of and will block the public, and a lot of whole DVD thing to get you to see the ads. Also, not every streaming services are service [[NoExportForYou is available in every country]], and even when it is, it might not available]] or [[BadExportForYou offer have as extensive a smaller range of shows]] because they simply do not see doing library there]] as it might elsewhere. This might be why [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay piracy]] is so much more prevalent in parts of the third world.
Of course, it's entirely possible that your show is just ''so'' niche that it really isn't worth it for thecountry as profitable. At distributor to make and sell a home video release just for you and your five friends on your fan forum. No matter how many petitions you send them.
The TropeNamer is ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', which used themost extreme cases, phrase in the credits of early episodes to encourage fans to share the show with each other -- it was a work may [[BannedInChina niche thing, and the makers knew it. They also knew that the show would hit serious licensing issues later on, as each episode showed someone else's movie so that they could riff on it, and a few episodes of the show remain unobtainable (legally) even be banned]] over something trivial. However, even that is limited because today without the pirates may not even have access to the work ''in the first place'', and even so opens up risks of legal action from the original producers and/or viruses/malware embedded inside the program.
Compare NoExportForYou and MissingEpisode. Mayproverbial tape circulation.
See alsohappen as the net result of NoExportForYou, MissingEpisode, TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment, and ScrewedByTheNetwork, especially while new episodes of said show are airing elsewhere. Whatever all dealing with situations where they easily ''could'' make the reason, if work available but don't. This trope is a way of dealing with the show has a small but sizable fanbase, these fans turn to the Internet when any of these occurs, and if there's no official DVD release... well, their cries for help are heard by sympathizers and this Trope results. situation. See also TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment also]] Wiki/ArchiveTeam, the Website/WaybackMachine, and the Wiki/LostMediaWiki.
See ''also'' Wiki/ArchiveTeam and the Website/WaybackMachine if the figurative lost tape you're looking for just so happens to be a website or some other form of internet content. You can also try out some[[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddits]] here and there, especially the ones whose especial focus DataHoarder subreddit]], which make an effort to preserve Web pages in this manner (with varying results).
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So what's a fan to do?
Keep Circulating The Tapes (a phrase attributed to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'') is an
Once the steam stops escaping from your ears, your first question is probably why the distributor wouldn't even bother selling copies of
On television, you had to deal with all the following things:
* In the old [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS days]] of television, this kind of thing was ''very'' much not cost-effective. VHS tapes were expensive, and you could generally only fit two episodes of a series on a single tape
* Even if it existed, it was unwieldy. It was worse in the U.S. than elsewhere -- the British, with their famous BritishBrevity, could fit an entire series on three or four tapes, but the typical American 22-episode season would need eleven tapes, just for one season, and that took up shelf space ''really'' quickly. Furthermore, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] were very reluctant to do this when they could force the public to watch reruns on TV and boost their UsefulNotes/{{ratings}} -- this is a big reason why the majority of VHS-era series on home video were from Creator/{{PBS}}.
* There were music rights to consider. This is a form of insane UsefulNotes/{{copyright}} voodoo, but broadly speaking, licensing a song for a show's
* Especially as regards imports, censorship standards can be a problem. If a work is BannedInChina, your only option if you're ''in'' "China" is to circulate the tapes. This kind of thing is especially risky, though, because the pirates who might circulate the proverbial tapes for you might not have access to the work themselves -- the only versions you could get are shady downloads with malware in them.
* The work may be an OldShame and the creator may not ''want'' anybody to have access to it because they'd rather you forget it, as was famously the case with ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.
* VideoGames and similarly complex media have the issue of format compatibility -- how are you supposed to play a game on something other than the system for which it was designed? It gets worse regarding UsefulNotes/ImportGaming, as one country's consoles may not be compatible with another country's games, and if there's NoExportForYou, you're out of luck. This led to the concept of {{Abandonware}}
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking
On TV,
...this requires some explanation.
The tape circulators could've probably hazarded a guess, but ''absolutely '''nobody''''' else saw the TV-on-DVD boom coming. TV on [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] had been tried, sure, but it wasn't even barely successful for even music-compilation heavyweights like Time-Life and Columbia House for several reasons:
# The cost of the tapes.
# The outrageous amounts of shelf space needed for even '''one''' season of a series; a 22-episode season of an hour-long series needed 11 VHS tapes to fit on, though 2-per-tape was the standard even for 22-minute-without-commercials shows (for which 5 episodes could fit on a two-hour tape), which even carried over into some DVD releases. This despite the fact that a VHS tape is capable of holding as much as 8 hours of footage on it.
# The fragile nature of the format, allowing for a $300 investment to be ruined by a hungry VCR or a fridge magnet.
# Up to the early 2000s, [[EditedForSyndication television syndicators]] did all they could to keep the public from buying a television series, basically so channels would continue to see reruns as valuable and pull in UsefulNotes/{{ratings}}. As a result, only Creator/{{PBS}} documentaries were offered.
(It might be noted that this describes the US much more so than the UK, perhaps due in part to BritishBrevity meaning that a single series doesn't take up as much shelf space, and perhaps due to the lesser spread of cable TV. Nevertheless, other reasons have brought this trope into force for many shows.)
Even after
These situations are usually caused by licensing
It gets worse: VHS tapes start degrading within 10-25 years. If a show stuck in limbo only circulates on homemade VHS copies and does not get transferred on another storage medium or uploaded online in time, it could very well become lost outside of restricted-access film archives.
Sometimes, when all is lost and
Of course, it's entirely possible that your show is just ''so'' niche that it really isn't worth it for the
The TropeNamer is ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', which used the
Compare NoExportForYou and MissingEpisode. May
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and[[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
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After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and[[NoExportForYou and [[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
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After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and[[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe[[/note]] Europe]][[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and its' sister series ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. In these situations, royalties play a major role.
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. In these situations, royalties play a major role.
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and its' sister series ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and[[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe[[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. Another example of this is when a TV show is [[ImportationExpansion made with the intent of showcasing one or more imported series]], ranging from shows that played various international shorts like ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' and ''Series/EureekasCastle'' to ones created with the intent of showcasing one particular show such as ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop''.[[note]]''The Noddy Shop'' did get a DVD release when it was airing on TV, but the disc only had three episodes and[[NoExportForYou was only released in Europe[[/note]] In these situations, royalties play a major role.
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' and its' sister series ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Baby Blues was announced for a HBO Max release: https://twitter.com/HBOMaxSource/status/1264766899092697089?s=20
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After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' wasn't as lucky; its DVD release may never see the light of day due to the theme being "It's All Been Done" by the Music/BarenakedLadies. Royalties play a large part in it.
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After steam stops shooting out of your ears (or maybe go full FlameWar against those responsible for destroying those precious episodes), the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' wasn't as lucky; its DVD release may never see the light of day due to the theme being "It's All Been Done" by the Music/BarenakedLadies. Royalties play a large part in it.\n
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MADtv'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MADtv'' ''[[Series/MadTV MADtv]]'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MADtv'' (post-season 4), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
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Just ''try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch Variety Hour]]''[[note]]only 2 out of 9 episodes were released, probably beause of music copyright issues[[/note]], ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''Series/CopRock'', ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (post-season 1), ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' (in its entirety), ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Film/{{Fame}}'' (post-season 2), ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (post-season 1), ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (post-season 1), ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', ''Series/ColdCase'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm'' (in its entirety), ''Series/TheHoganFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' (in its entirety), ''Series/FreeSpirit'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' (in its entirety), ''Series/Rescue911'', ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'', the ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' pilot, ''Series/StElsewhere'' (post-season 1), or the original cut of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''[[note]]the one with all of Creator/JuneForay's dialog intact[[/note]] ([[OverlyLongGag among many, many others]]).
