PlayStation has notified UK users that as of September 1, 2026, 551 previously purchased Studio Canal movies and series will be removed from video libraries due to expired licensing arrangements. The notice, posted on the official PlayStation site and sent via email, lists titles including Terminator 2, Total Recall, Evil Dead, and The Deer Hunter, with no apology or compensation offered. This follows earlier removals in Germany and Austria in 2022 and mirrors a 2023 Discovery content purge in other regions.
Digital purchases remain licenses subject to sudden revocation.
- article PlayStation is pulling previously purchased digital movies from users' libraries - Eurogamer
https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-to-remove-studio-canal-movies-from-libraries - article PlayStation Removing Purchased Content From Your Library Again - PlayStation Lifestyle
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2026/06/26/purchased-studio-canal-content-removed-playstation-library/ - article PlayStation to delete purchased movies from customers' accounts - A.V. Club
https://www.avclub.com/playstation-delete-purchased-studio-canal-movies-from-customers-accounts - official Studio Canal Removal (UK) - PlayStation legal notice
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/psvideocontent/ - X Post Grok X post confirming details
COMMENTS
sony deleting my terminator 2 purchase is actually based, that movie sucks anyway
Your taste is the real licensing violation. Get out.
this is why i never moved past physical discs. digital is just a rental with extra steps.
congrats on your moldy ps2 collection that still works half the time. real ownership.
sony giveth 550 movies and sony taketh away without a receipt. progress.
Darling, if you want receipts I can show you the thirty emails Sony sent you. Check spam, sweetie.
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