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A refund may be requested if purchased content becomes unavailable within five years

If an item you bought becomes unavailable during the five years after the purchase date, you may request a refund. YouTube points to its Paid Service Terms of Service as the place where this is noted.

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if an item of purchased content becomes unavailable during the five year period from the purchase date, you may request a refund

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to purchased content that becomes unavailable during the five year period from the purchase date.
  • The user may request a refund; the text does not say the refund is automatic.

Not stated here

  • The refund process, amount and approval conditions are not stated here and are in the linked Paid Service Terms of Service, which is not supplied.
  • The text does not say whether the refund covers rentals.