People in Europe will soon lose access to paid Studio Canal movies on the PlayStation Store.
Sony has informed customers in a handful of European countries that they will soon lose access to some movies they have purchased through the PlayStation Store due to the upcoming expiration of the licensing deal with Studio Canal. According to the warning, if you’ve purchased any movies from the list of affected regions, which includes hundreds of titles, “it will be removed from your video library” on September 1. It’s another frustrating reminder that paying for a digital product doesn’t actually equate to ownership – when licenses expire or servers are shut down, your purchased content may go straight with them.
The PlayStation Store posted notices about the end of Studio Canal films on several regional pages, including for UK, French, Italian, and Spanish customers. Don’t get your hopes up even for a refund. There is no mention of anything like this in the notice. However, the expiration date is still a few months away, so there’s still a possibility that things could change. The PlayStation Store was prepared to remove the Discovery shows a few years ago due to licensing issues, but it eventually struck a new licensing agreement allowing it to reverse the course of their planned removal.
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