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Originally Posted by HarryT
Copyright law gives the rights-holder the right to choose whether or not to publish. It's what lets you keep your private diary private, for example, should someone try to publish it without your permission. It's a two-way street: choose to publish or choose not to publish. As the rights-holder it's your (and nobody else's) decision to make.
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Exactly.
The right to unpublish is part of copyright. One of the reason why "orphan works" laws are so problematic.
Just because something was once available doesn't mean it must be forever be conveniently available.