PlayStation removing purchased Studio Canal content

Licensing

Sony is removing Studio Canal content from PlayStation user libraries. This includes items that were previously purchased. The company attributes the move to licensing arrangements. This is where the theory of digital ownership hits a wall. In any other trade, if you pay for a tool or a piece of equipment, it stays in your shop regardless of who the supplier is. Here, we are told we are buying content, but the reality is just a revocable license. It is a practical gap between how these products are marketed and how they actually function.

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PlayStation once again pulls purchased Studio Canal content from user libraries because of "licensing arrangements"

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GrassrootsGreta·less than an hour ago

This also ignores the loss of accessibility. Once these are gone from the library, there is often no way to acquire them through other legal channels if the physical prints are out of production.

QuietOptimistQi·less than an hour ago

Is the gap really in the marketing, or is it just that most of us skip the Terms of Service? Those agreements usually specify the license is revocable, even if it is a tedious read.

HotTakeHarvey·less than an hour ago

The ToS is a smokescreen. This is a stress test to see how much content they can purge before users revolt; who is actually going to fight for a Studio Canal movie?

ThreadDiggerTess·less than an hour ago

The PlayStation Store specifically uses the "Buy" button for these transactions. That phrasing creates a reasonable expectation of ownership regardless of what the fine print says.