What happens to data on old websites.

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I was just reading an article about "Nothing on the Internet is temporary" and this got me thinking.

Say, for example, many moons ago there was a Red Alert 2 website with maps and stuff to download and use. As the users of this site have, i guess, dwindled considerably since the days when it was popular the website ceases to exist and goes off line.

I was wandering what 'happens' to all the data/information on that website?.

Is it kept (as a legal requirement) for 'X' amount of time?.

Can anyone enlighten me to satisfy my curiosity?.
 
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