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* In May 2023, several Creator/DisneyPlus original movies, including ''Film/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', ''Better Nate Than Ever'', and the 2022 remake of ''Literature/CheaperByTheDozen'' were pulled from the service, and, aside from the soundtracks for the former two, were unavailable to stream anywhere. Some have been made available for digital sale, including the three mentioned, but not all.
** Speaking of Disney+, more films (this time not original films for the service) were pulled from the service in the EMEA regions in February 2024, including films such as ''Film/ThatDarnCat'' and even ''Film/HelloDolly'' this time round.

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* In May 2023, several Creator/DisneyPlus original movies, including ''Film/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', ''Better Nate Than Ever'', and the 2022 remake of ''Literature/CheaperByTheDozen'' were pulled from the service, and, aside from the soundtracks for the former two, were unavailable to stream anywhere. Some have been made available for digital sale, including the three mentioned, but not all.
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all. Speaking of Disney+, more films (this time not original films for the service) were pulled from the service in the EMEA regions in February 2024, including films such as ''Film/ThatDarnCat'' and even ''Film/HelloDolly'' this time round.
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* Due to being one of Disney's most infamous {{Old Shame}}s, ''{{Film/Song of the South}}'' was ruled out from ever releasing on Disney+ by then-CEO Bob Iger in the lead-up to the service's launch.
* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in October 2023, and other retailers in early '24, due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over. ''[=TSoM=]'' returned to Disney+ and other retailers in December 2023. The second of the disappeared movies, ''Film/TheKingAndI'', remained MIA past the end of '23.

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* Due to being one of Disney's most infamous {{Old Shame}}s, old shames, ''{{Film/Song of the South}}'' was ruled out from ever releasing on Disney+ by then-CEO Bob Iger in the lead-up to the service's launch.
* Most of the Four Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Film/TheKingAndI'' in particular disappeared beyond the end of the year. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', ''Film/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in October 2023, and other retailers in early '24, due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over. ''[=TSoM=]'' returned to Disney+ and other retailers in December 2023. The second of the disappeared movies, ''Film/TheKingAndI'', remained MIA past the end of '23.
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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in October 2023, and other retailers in early '24, due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over. ''[=TSoM=]'' returned to Disney+ and other retailers in December 2023.

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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in October 2023, and other retailers in early '24, due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over. ''[=TSoM=]'' returned to Disney+ and other retailers in December 2023. The second of the disappeared movies, ''Film/TheKingAndI'', remained MIA past the end of '23.
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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ and those retailers in December 2023. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in late '23 and other retailers in early '24 due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.

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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ and those retailers in December 2023. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in late '23 October 2023, and other retailers in early '24 '24, due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.over. ''[=TSoM=]'' returned to Disney+ and other retailers in December 2023.
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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ and those retailers in December 2023, while ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.

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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ and those retailers in December 2023, while 2023. ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' ''Theatre/SouthPacific'', was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video in late '23 and other retailers in early '24 due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.
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* ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' remains exclusive to various out of print physical media editions, and has never been released on any streaming service.

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* ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' ''Film/{{Spellbound|1945}}'' remains exclusive to various out of print physical media editions, and has never been released on any streaming service.
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* Due to the show not going with PoliticallyCorrectHistory thanks in part of having scenes of blackface minstrels, ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' is pretty much excluded from Britbox and ITVX.
* ''Series/TheGoodies'': The nineth and final season of the show produced by LWT and some episodes of the show's [=BBC=] era are excluded from Britbox and ITVX.
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* In March 2024, Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery announced that they would be delisting all Creator/AdultSwim video games from digital platforms.
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* After Ubisoft shut down the servers for their racing MMO ''VideoGame/{{The Crew|2014}}'' on March 31, 2014, the company took the unprecedented step as ''revoking gamers' licenses to the game'' (at least, on PC) so prevent players from legally re-downloading the game and trying to play it offline, especially since it turned out that the game had programming for an offline mode that was DummiedOut.

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* After Ubisoft shut down the servers for their racing MMO ''VideoGame/{{The Crew|2014}}'' on March 31, 2014, 2024, the company took the unprecedented step as ''revoking gamers' licenses to the game'' (at least, on PC) so prevent players from legally re-downloading the game and trying to play it offline, especially since it turned out that the game had programming for an offline mode that was DummiedOut.
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* After December 14th., 2022, all games made by Creator/EpicGames were delisted from Steam and GOG. This includes all the games in the ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' series and ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}''.

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* After December 14th., 14, 2022, all games made by Creator/EpicGames were delisted from Steam and GOG. This includes all the games in the ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' series and ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}''.


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* After Ubisoft shut down the servers for their racing MMO ''VideoGame/{{The Crew|2014}}'' on March 31, 2014, the company took the unprecedented step as ''revoking gamers' licenses to the game'' (at least, on PC) so prevent players from legally re-downloading the game and trying to play it offline, especially since it turned out that the game had programming for an offline mode that was DummiedOut.
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Young and Mitchell's music is back on the service as of 2024


* Music/NeilYoung indefinitely pulled all of his music from Spotify in 2022 to protest their support for controversial podcaster Creator/JoeRogan, who Young accused of spreading misinformation about the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Young issued the platform an ultimatum, stating that he'd remove his material unless Rogan was kicked off, and he made good on his threat two days later. Young's music remained available on other streaming platforms such as Apple Music (who were quick to tout the availability of Young's music [[https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/tech/apple-music-neil-young/index.html on social media advertisements and their front page]]) and Amazon Music ([[https://nypost.com/2022/01/31/neil-young-offers-free-amazon-music-amid-spotify-boycott/ whom Neil personally endorsed]]). Soon afterwards, Music/JoniMitchell followed suit with pulling her music from Spotify, followed by Nils Lofgren (who has served as Young's bandmate in Crazy Horse), Music/{{Failure}}, Music/IndiaArie, and each of the members of Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash. All of the above artists have since quietly returned their music to Spotify with the notable exception of Young himself, whose only songs on the platform are live performances and film soundtracks which he likely has no licensing control over.

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* Music/NeilYoung indefinitely pulled all of his music from Spotify in 2022 to protest their support for controversial podcaster Creator/JoeRogan, who Young accused of spreading misinformation about the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Young issued the platform an ultimatum, stating that he'd remove his material unless Rogan was kicked off, and he made good on his threat two days later. Young's music remained available on other streaming platforms such as Apple Music (who were quick to tout the availability of Young's music [[https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/tech/apple-music-neil-young/index.html on social media advertisements and their front page]]) and Amazon Music ([[https://nypost.com/2022/01/31/neil-young-offers-free-amazon-music-amid-spotify-boycott/ whom Neil personally endorsed]]). Soon afterwards, Music/JoniMitchell followed suit with pulling her music from Spotify, followed by Nils Lofgren (who has served as Young's bandmate in Crazy Horse), Music/{{Failure}}, Music/IndiaArie, and each of the members of Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash. All of the above artists have since quietly returned their music to Spotify with the notable exception of most recent being both Young himself, whose only songs on and Mitchell, returning to the platform are live performances and film soundtracks which he likely has no licensing control over.service in 2024
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* Like with the HBO Max example above, most classic Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. shows (and the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'') aren't on the European SkyShowtime service.
* Overlapping with NoExportForYou, the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' have never seen streaming releases.

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* Like with the HBO Max example above, most classic Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. shows (and the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'') aren't on the European SkyShowtime [=SkyShowtime=] service.
* Overlapping with NoExportForYou, the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' have never seen streaming releases.releases in Poland.

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** Most classic Cartoon Network shows aren't on the service in Europe. As it seems that ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'''s existence has been forgotten by most European Cartoon Network feeds since [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 the reboot]] came out, it's probably the ''least'' likely to be added.

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** Most classic Cartoon Network Network/Adult Swim shows aren't on the service in Europe. As it seems that ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'''s existence has been forgotten by most European Cartoon Network feeds since [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 the reboot]] came out, it's probably the ''least'' likely to be added.


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* Like with the HBO Max example above, most classic Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. shows (and the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'') aren't on the European SkyShowtime service.
* Overlapping with NoExportForYou, the older seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' have never seen streaming releases.
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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ in December 2023, while ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.

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* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ and those retailers in December 2023, while ''Oklahoma!'', along with 1958's ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.

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