This is why piracy exists. This is probably the most anti consumer thing I've ever seen from any company. Not being able to purchase something from a digital store is one thing, but forcefully deleting content your purchased, regardless of what the ToS says, is extremely scummy.

But this is what the industry wants. They don't want you to own anything. This is why having the media in full on a physical medium is so important yet the ease of use and convenience of digital media is quickly overtaking physical.

That's the fun part of digital content. It's yours until the platform holder decides it no longer is.

This has always been the case for most digital products. Even music and films, you aren't owning the piece of media, you are owning a copy of it on a type of storage, whether this is DVD, CD, Blu-Ray or attached to an account online.

Not saying Sony taking these products offline is right, but seems the blame should be on Canal Studio's side, if they are the ones telling Sony to take them down while they sort licencing agreements.

Sony is not without blame either, since Sony is the one that made a poor deal that allows this. Definitely sounds like the main blame should be on Studio Canal though (unless e.g. Sony would charge Studio Canal for watching/downloading those movies, in which case it would be a more difficult situation).

*nervously eyes all my digital content

I hate to always be that guy who says the same thing but... this is why you buy things you like physically. And failing that, why you buy things you can at least download and store on a HDD.

I wish things like this would cause more of a backlash with young people so these companies would stop. But you know it won't. Nothing ever does.

Not that I buy movies on Sonys platform but this is the kind of nonsense that ensures that I never buy digital media from them. Personally, the only time I buy digital movies is during deep discounts on Apple TV and even then, I try to buy physical movies instead of digital. Imo Sony should have offered refunds even if it's partial because regardless of who's fault it is... At the end of the day, it is Sonys platform and things like this ensures I continue to not buy movies from them.

Sony stopped selling movies and television shows on all their platforms on August 31, 2021.  So, it is not a coinvent that they will be removed one year later I guess the agreement between Sony and StudioCanal was that they would remove the contend one year after they stopped selling it in Austria and Germany anyway not sure how long they will remain accessible in other regions.   I only buy digital movies from the Microsoft Store because I can earn Microsoft Rewards points for doing so and they have no plans of stop selling movies and television shows anytime soon so my purchases should be safe for the time being.

Just in case somebody still thinks the current business model doesn't stink...
Full physical copy or DRM-free digital FTW! Everything else sucks, unless it's ad-funded f2p. But if it's f2p with in-game purchases, one-sided deals suck in this case too.