That Eagleheart guy has the right of it. I am a stakeholder in Sony, as i have a ps3, but only in the area of having options. As an investor i would he a stakeholder for a monetary (and much more important) aspect. As a customer, I only have a stake insofar as having an option of a service. If Sony disappears, then I go elsewhere. No money lost as far as investments are concerned. That's is the difference i think he was alluding to. Its a semantic argument.