History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / Fanworks

** In general, stories uploaded to the site have a nasty habit of disappearing without warning after a while.

* Kelly Green seems to consider her earliest, adulated ''[[Fanfiction/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost Haunted Mansion]]'' comics terrible and deleted them for Website/DeviantArt. Emma Mosier also deleted some of her early Phantom Manor doodles after being harassed by shippers who shamed her for her "Phantom/Melanie" AU. Fortunately, through a combination of fans having made personal copies on their hard drives and the ever-useful Internet Archive, most of those comics have been relocated and copies [[http://haunted-mansion-fandom.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Deleted can be seen on the wiki]].

* Fan-videos of any kind ([[FanVid AMVs]], AbridgedSeries, "crack" videos, etc) when the user account is either A), taken down, B), terminated by the site, and or C), the videos are muted/blocked from viewing (more often than not in the case of Website/YouTube). Fortunately, if fans are diligent enough, there are usually mirrors.

* Fan-videos of any kind ([=AMVs=], AbridgedSeries, "crack" videos, etc) when the user account is either A), taken down, B), terminated by the site, and or C), the videos are muted/blocked from viewing (more often than not in the case of Website/YouTube). Fortunately, if fans are diligent enough, there are usually mirrors.

** ''FanFic/SnowAngels'' is only notable because it has a works page, but the author has long since pulled it from Website/FanFictionDotNet. A DramaticReading of the first few chapters does exist on YouTube, but the videos have been made private (so only the dramatic reader's friends can see them) after somebody the dramatic reader knows in real life mistook him for the actual creator. Since ''Snow Angels'' is SoBadItsGood...

* ''Kill la Kill'' fanartist "Herokick", much like the above example, hid their tumblr page and left their [=AU=] comic uncompleted, thus the only way to view much of said comic (along with other fanart) is on their twitter page and imageboard sites

** ''FanFic/SnowAngels'' is only notable because it has a works page, but the author has long since pulled it from FanFictionDotNet. A DramaticReading of the first few chapters does exist on YouTube, but the videos have been made private (so only the dramatic reader's friends can see them) after somebody the dramatic reader knows in real life mistook him for the actual creator. Since ''Snow Angels'' is SoBadItsGood...

* Kelly Green seems to consider her earliest, adulated ''[[Fanfiction/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost Haunted Mansion]]'' comics terrible and deleted them for DeviantArt. Emma Mosier also deleted some of her early Phantom Manor doodles after being harassed by shippers who shamed her for her "Phantom/Melanie" AU. Fortunately, through a combination of fans having made personal copies on their hard drives and the ever-useful Internet Archive, most of those comics have been relocated and copies [[http://haunted-mansion-fandom.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Deleted can be seen on the wiki]].

* ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'', developed over a decade, was out for little more than a day before Creator/{{Nintendo}} [[ScrewedByTheLawyers sent DMCA takedowns towards all sites hosting the game]]. Despite (or rather [[StreisandEffect because of]]) this, it's not unlikely that fans who downloaded the game before then will set up mirrors all over the internet.

* VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl mod Project M was taken down in December 2015, leaving behind [[http://projectmgame.com/en one last blog post]]. However, players of the game have been circulating mirrors of the game so that it can still thrive.

* ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'', developed over a decade, was out for little more than a day before Creator/{{Nintendo}} [[ScrewedByTheLawyers send DMCA takedowns towards all sites hosting the game]]. Despite (or rather [[StreisandEffect because of]]) this, it's not unlikely that fans who downloaded the game before then will set up mirrors all over the internet.

* ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'', developed a little over a decade, was out for little more than a day before Creator/{{Nintendo}} [[ScrewedByTheLawyers send DMCA takedowns towards all sites hosting the game]]. Despite (or rather [[StreisandEffect because of]]) this, it's not unlikely that fans who downloaded the game before then will set up mirrors all over the internet.

* VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl mod Project M was taken down in December 2015, leaving behind [[http://projectmgame.com/en one last blog post]]. However, players of the game have been circulating mirrors of the game so that it can still thrive.

** Some of them and others on Racewing's site can be found [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090124051421/http://racewing.net/LRU/ here]]

** some of them and others on racewing's site can be found [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090124051421/http://racewing.net/LRU/ here]]

* Any fanwork in a fandom under a FanworkBan usually becomes this. As most sites are pulled for fear of invoking legal wrath, some fanworks are made available through shady underground communities.

** ''FanFic/SnowAngels'' is only notable because it has a works page, but the author has long since pulled it from FanFictionDotNet. A DramaticReading of the first few chapters does exist on YouTube, but the videos have been made private (so only the creator's friends can see them) after somebody the dramatic reader knows in real life mistook him for the actual creator. Since ''Snow Angels'' is SoBadItsGood...

* Any of Racewing's fanfics appear almost completely lost. And that's terrible.

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic "A Fragment out of Time" by Diane Marchant — the first [[HoYay Kirk]] / [[SlashFic Spock]] fic ever written, and the story that spawned SlashFic as a genre — exists today only in its original zine, Grup 3, which is extremely rare. The story was never posted online. The only way to read it is to hunt down the zine in used bins at conventions. The University of Iowa Library, however, hosts a special collection of early fanzines, including Grup 3 and the zine that contained Marchant's defense of K/S — Grup 4.

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic "A Fragment out of Time" by Diane Marchant — the first [[HoYay Kirk]]/[[SlashFic Spock]] fic ever written, and the story that spawned SlashFic as a genre — exists today only in its original zine, Grup 3, which is extremely rare. The story was never posted online. The only way to read it is to hunt down the zine in used bins at conventions. The University of Iowa Library, however, hosts a special collection of early fanzines, including Grup 3 and the zine that contained Marchant's defense of K/S — Grup 4.

* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388850/ Computer Boy]], an Australian parody of [[TheMatrix The Matrix]]. No DVD release and only [[http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/3544 available]] as a low-resolution Quicktime download, due to (apparent) legal issues with a scene filmed inside a [=McDonald's=] store.

** some of them and others on racewing's site can be found [[http://wayback.archive.org/web/*http://www.racewing.net/LRU/files/* here]]

* The ''StarTrek'' fanfic "A Fragment out of Time" by Diane Marchant — the first [[HoYay Kirk]]/[[SlashFic Spock]] fic ever written, and the story that spawned SlashFic as a genre — exists today only in its original zine, Grup 3, which is extremely rare. The story was never posted online. The only way to read it is to hunt down the zine in used bins at conventions. The University of Iowa Library, however, hosts a special collection of early fanzines, including Grup 3 and the zine that contained Marchant's defense of K/S — Grup 4.
** This is actually true of many of the early fic written in zines, as many authors never made the switch to the Internet.
* Any fanwork in a fandom under a FanworkBan usually becomes this. As most sites are pulled for fear of invoking legal wrath, some fanworks are made available through shady underground communities.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388850/ Computer Boy]], an Australian parody of [[TheMatrix The Matrix]]. No DVD release and only [[http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/3544 available]] as a low-resolution Quicktime download, due to (apparent) legal issues with a scene filmed inside a [=McDonald's=] store.

** It's not just ones from authors that turn pro. Any fanfic can just disappear from the internet due to some reason from the fanfic author. Sure, [[SturgeonsLaw most of those aren't worth reading]], but there are some good ones that disappear too.