'This should be illegal': Sony is deleting over 500 movies that people bought from their digital libraries just proving further why 4K Blu-ray's
popularity keeps growing

Date:
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:54:09 +0000

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Sony is removing hundreds of StudioCanal titles from customers' libraries on September 1, 2026, without compensation.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Hundreds of TV episodes and movies will be removed from PlayStation Store accounts on 1 September People had bought the movies and shows No apologies, let alone compensation, from Sony One of the best things about Blu-ray discs is that you don't need to worry that Sony will sneak into your home in the middle of the night and take them away.

Unfortunately you can't say the same about digital purchases: Sony is scrubbing hundreds of movies and TV show episodes purchased on the
PlayStation Store from people's collections with no compensation. Come September, they're gone. The list of affected movies and shows is on the Sony website and includes the remastered Terminator 2: Judgement Day , Gomorrah , the Rambo movies and many more. The problem is the end of a licensing agreement between Sony and StudioCanal, a major producer and distributor of movies and shows. Latest Videos From Watch full video here:

As Sony explains, from September 1, 2026, "you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from StudioCanal, and it will be removed from your video library."

To add insult to injury, the notification ends with the PlayStation slogan: "Play has no limits". You may like Sony is ending streaming support for key services on tons of speakers, soundbars and AV receivers Users label Sony a penny-pinching brand as it cuts key TV features 'We've seen an increase in Blu-ray orders of 10,000%': There's hope for physical media, says agency

As you can imagine, this has gone down very well with movie fans. This is either a shot of Sony hunting down the movies you thought you owned to eliminate them from your account, or it's the start of Terminator 2 (one of the affected movies) (Image credit: StudioCanal) Why is Sony removing
people's purchases? Sony's arrangement with the film production company StudioCanal has ended, and that means Sony no longer has the rights to sell those TV shows and movies. The fact that people have bought them is
irrelevant to Sony, because in the terms and conditions that absolutely
nobody reads it says that you're buying a license to view a show or movie,
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Since the news broke, my social media has been full of people saying the same thing: Sony's move is a pretty great advert for digital piracy. And it's definitely upset a lot of movie fans, such as Quelonious on r/movies who vowed: "I will never buy streaming movies again", although that poster is sticking with Blu-ray rather than flying a pirate flag.

"If I were you I wouldn't make digital purchases for movies," Rewdyroo writes on the same subreddit, noting that "you aren't buying the movie. It functions more like a lease and if the license for the movie that whatever service you bought it from runs out your digital movie also goes away, no refund. I've
had it happen on Amazon and will never purchase a digital movie again."

Mildmichigan spoke for many: "This should be illegal. If I buy something digitally, and the platform loses distribution rights or whatever then I should be grandfathered in." What to read next Sony and LG exit Blu-ray
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We've discussed this before, because it's a key reason to keep buying
Blu-rays : Blu-rays are yours forever. But it's an issue with all kinds of digital media, going back to the days of Microsoft 's PlaysForSure digital music, which sold audio files that died when Microsoft shut down the servers. Whether it's a streaming catalog or GTA 6 , if it's not on physical media you can't ever be sure that it's yours forever.

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