Playstation to wipe 551 films from customers’ accounts - Notebookcheck News

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Sony is permanently deleting 551 StudioCanal films from PlayStation accounts in the UK and Europe on September 1, 2026, due to an expired licensing agreement. Affected titles include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Rambo: First Blood, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Pan’s Labyrinth and Paddington. A statement on the website reads:<br>From September 1, 2026, due to our content licensing agreements, you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library.

Click here to see the full list of titles. Customers are not expected to receive a refund for previously purchased titles, serving as a bitter reminder of the risks of purchasing digital content.

US users remain unaffected by the announcement, although Sony does have a history of wiping purchased content from its platform. In 2022, the company pulled StudioCanal films for customers in Germany and Austria, again pointing to licensing conflicts as the reason. US users have faced similar scares, most notably when Sony declared it would strip Discovery content from the platform in 2023 only to reverse course after securing a new licensing agreement.

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