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The Disney Vault was a moratorium program the Walt Disney Company used for home video releases of its animated films. Having the film available to purchase for two months before restricting availability for a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdfuture.com/frs.php?id=26|title=Front Row, Sofa! - Di$ney Does The Little Mermaid|publisher=dvdfuture.com|access-date=November 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013185418/http://dvdfuture.com/frs.php?id=26|archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref> The moratorium wasn't restricted to films with theatrical release; the direct-to-video sequels were also given the same treatment. <ref>{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Thomas K.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-02-06-bambi_x.htm|title='Bambi' is back - for 70 'II' days|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=February 6, 2006|access-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> The streaming service Disney+ replaced this practice with various underperforming films and series being removed from the catalog, which can be considered a successor to this anti-consumer practive.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-remove-series-streaming-disney-plus-hulu-big-shot-willow-y-dollface-turner-hooch-pistol-1235372512 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518225702/https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-remove-series-streaming-disney-plus-hulu-big-shot-willow-y-dollface-turner-hooch-pistol-1235372512/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 18, 2023 | title=Disney Removes Dozens of Series from Disney+ & Hulu, Including 'Big Shot', 'Willow', 'Y' & 'Dollface' | date=18 May 2023 }}</ref>