What happens to a site's back catalog of videos when they go offline permanently?

[Harry Cox]

Sure I guess one could search for all of them individually online somewhere but that could take forever. Literally.

So what exactly happens to a site's back catalog of videos when they go offline permanently?

Do they just disappear for decades like a lot of the old school flicks from the 1970s did after their run in the theaters was finished only to be rediscovered and in some cases restored and re-released decades later?

 

[Supafly]

I have been asking myself where all the great "Deluxe Pass" videos went after they switched the site off. That was a treasure of mad hot stuff!

And regarding those 70ies classics - in this day and age, there should be a way to collect and make them available again, the cost would be little and I guess there would be quite a market