Copyright law, as it pertains to distributing warez, would still be in effect after a shutdown.
There have been all kinds of opinions from one extreme to the other on how enforceable the EULA is... but one thing's for certain: the day Sony shuts down EQ, they go into default on their EULA, hence any obligations you have under the EULA are then void.
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