Residents of Europe will soon lose access to Studio Canal movies they paid for on the PlayStation Store.
Sony has notified customers in several European countries that they will soon lose access to some movies they purchased through the PlayStation Store due to the upcoming expiration of a licensing agreement with Studio Canal. If you bought any of the movies on the list in affected regions, which includes hundreds of titles, “will be removed from your video library” on September 1, according to the warning. It’s another frustrating reminder that paying for a digital product doesn’t actually equal ownership: When licenses expire or servers shut down, purchased content could go along with them.
PlayStation Store published the notice about the termination of Studio Canal movies on several regional pages, including those of United Kingdom, French, Italian and Spanish customers. Don’t get your hopes up about getting a refund either. The notice does not mention anything of the sort. However, the expiration date is still a few months away, so there’s still a chance things could change. The PlayStation Store was set to remove Discovery shows a few years ago due to licensing issues, but eventually reached a new licensing deal so it could reverse course on its planned removal.
